text: TV Emmys 2012: Worst Jobs, Career Highs and (TMI!) On-Stage Accidents at the Drama Actors Roundtable 12:05 PM PDT 6/13/2012 by Stacey Wilson Hunt , Matthew Belloni FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Wesley Mann Onstage bathroom accidents. A prom date revealed. Ditch-digging before fame. This year's top Emmy contenders tell all (with a little sprinkling of TMI). This story first appeared in the June 22 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. An actor's worst nightmare, it turns out, is not acting. So say the six leading men The Hollywood Reporter gathered to chat about the state of their craft. In a colorful conversation, these Emmy contenders -- Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), 56; Kelsey Grammer (Boss), 57; Jon Hamm (Mad Men), 41; Peter Krause (Parenthood), 46; Damian Lewis (Homeland), 41; and Kiefer Sutherland (Touch), 45 -- reveal their most mortifying moments, the stress of rewrites, odd jobs they wish they could forget and "the luxury" of going to work as an actor every day. PHOTOS: THR's Emmy Roundtable: Drama Actors Portraits THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: What's been your worst moment ever as an actor? Jon Hamm: Mine would be living in L.A. for 10 years and not working, having no money and no prospects. The days were kind of great; it was the long nights staring at the ceiling waiting for the phone to ring. The uncertainty is always the difficult part, at least it has been for me. Kiefer Sutherland: I was doing The Glass Menagerie. It was the top of the second act and I had forgotten a vital prop. My dressing room was on the fourth floor. I had to go from underneath the stage where I would come up, all the way to the fourth floor, grab my prop, run all the way back. I had this huge monologue. By the time the curtain came up, I had lost all wind trying to get my composure back. I almost got to the moment where I actually said, "Sorry." I was just right there. Then I caught my breath and went on, but it was the idea of actually having to look at 2,000 people and say, "Sorry. Can we start again?" I get it if you're 80 and you've done this forever and the memory starts to go, but not at 30. Kelsey Grammer: Your memory goes anytime. I did something in New York a while ago. I took a week off and the first night back I forgot everything. (Laughter.) Just a blank. I actually apologized to the audience. "I'm going to need a minute," and I walked offstage. Bryan Cranston: That kind of experience, Kelsey, would be enough to drive me out of the business. I love to act. But if it ever got to the point where you couldn't really fulfill your job, I think that's when I would hang it up. Grammer: Then it's time for a different job. (Laughter.) Like, living. Damian Lewis: Ralph Fiennes played a well-regarded Hamlet on Broadway, and I was Laertes. We had this incredible sword fight, and it got quicker and quicker every night as we got more and more hungover. We partied pretty hard on that job. One day it was going quicker and quicker, and I got hit by the pommel of his sword and blood started pouring out of my eye. Ralph hadn't turned around until he'd seen me lying on the floor with blood covering half my face. He came up to me and carried on doing his dialogue. Ralph has these crazy eyes anyway, and he got closer and closer. "Are you OK?" I said, "I don't know, you tell me. Is my eye still in?" I couldn't feel it. We got to the end of the show, and I went off to the hospital. I had six stitches straight across the top of my eye. You could hear everyone in the audience, "Oh my God, this is amazing." PHOTOS: Emmys 2012: Behind the Scenes Photos From THR's Drama Actors Roundtable Peter Krause: I was doing summer stock in Woodstock, New York, and unbeknownst to me, we shouldn't have been drinking the well water. It's in a barn, I'm wearing a tuxedo and in incredible gastronomic pain. Things progress, I'm in a panic, and I soil myself. All I could think was, how far is it to the lodge where I can get to the bathroom? It was the most terrifying experience I've ever had as an actor. Sutherland: So you shit yourself. Krause: Onstage. Grammer: I farted once. It was the fart heard around the world. (Laughter.) THR: Did the audience respond? Grammer: Oh completely. Lewis: By farting back? Hamm: Classic call and response. Grammer: I was playing Florizel, and they staged this rustic dance/wedding ceremony. The virgin Indian girl is lying on the floor downstage. There's a circle of people around, and there's chanting and drums. There's a great silence as I, the young prince, go to lift up my bride-to-be. I bent down and slid my hands underneath and (makes flatulence noise). Sutherland: I'd have called out her name. Cranston: "Damn it, Cindy!" THR: Who are your acting heroes? Cranston: Kelsey Grammer, actually … Grammer: Oh, lord. Gregory Peck was one guy I really loved. John Wayne. Cranston: Spencer Tracy. Grammer: Gregory Peck. To Kill a Mockingbird really got to me. THR: Did you see yourself becoming a film actor? Grammer: I saw myself becoming a waiter. (Laughter.) I loved Shakespeare as a boy, so I hoped that I'd have a career in theater. Then television came along, and that was helpful. Krause: For me, it was Paul Newman and Larry Hagman. Newman made it look cool, but then I saw Hagman on I Dream of Jeannie. I was a kid and quite focused on Jeannie, but Hagman's physical comedy was just great. Lewis: I really responded to Jack Lemmon and a British actor working at the moment called Mark Rylance. He was a generation ahead of me, and I used to see him as a student at school and was just cowed by his brilliance. Like Kelsey, I had theater training, classical training. I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Those were my sort of touchstones. TV and film I've become a student of subsequently, and happily. Grammer: Are we better than the drama actresses yet? [In THR's June 8 issue.] Hamm: None of the girls shit their pants. (Laughter.) We win. [pagebreak] THR: When you're putting in long hours on your shows, what is the biggest challenge you have with your showrunner? Sutherland: Scripts. It's always about telling the story. It's an unbelievable task. You're asking one writer to be in charge of a group of writers to write an unbelievably prolific amount of material and trying to get the 15th episode to be as intentful as the first one. But it's not a fight. You understand the burden placed on those people. You're doing everything you can to help it along, but at some point, there is a deadline. You have to shoot something. You start making unbelievable compromises to try to get something accomplished. But that's also the most exciting aspect of it. PHOTOS: Emmys Roundtable The Faces Behind the Most Talked-About Dramas on TV THR: Looking back at 24, can you say, "I fought for that and I'm proud I fought for that?" Sutherland: A few times. I probably think more of the things I let go that I shouldn't have let go. (Laughter.) Krause: It is interesting what you choose to fight for. I've fought for things that don't end up edited into the show. Over time you learn, "Well, this isn't really worth it." Other times you say, "Why did I let that one go?" Every show is different. On Parenthood, Jason Katims allows us to bend the dialogue a little bit, but he takes it all back in the end and edits the way he wants. There have been times when he's taken scenes from one episode and it appears in another if the timeline works out right. So he's quite open and free with his own writing in terms of the end product. I've had other experiences, on Dirty Sexy Money, where the battle was with the network. We were making one show and they wanted a different one. Grammer: That battle you never win. Krause: You never do. They have the final edit. They get in there and monkey around with it, too. Anybody working on ABC right now? I call it getting put through the ABC grinder. It happened to us on Sports Night, too, a little bit less so because Tommy Schlamme and Aaron Sorkin fought really hard on that show. Cranston: Is there a pattern there? Is it because it's broadcast? Kiefer and you had those experiences as we've had on network but now on cable … Sutherland: Fox never edited anything. Cranston: "Put it all in!" Sutherland: Except their news. (Laughter.) Cranston: Perhaps it's a quantity issue. I'm doing 13 episodes now, and it's so much more manageable. Gives the showrunner and their staff some room. They're not so caved in on episode 20 and pulling their hair out. Lewis: I remember something that you [to Sutherland] said once, which I thought was really pertinent. As the bottom fell out of the independent film market, all those people were gravitating toward cable TV. Sutherland: When I started working, films like Ordinary People and Terms of Endearment were being made. The $8 million movie, the $20 million movie was getting made. You had five studios making 50 films a year. Now you have General Electric and Coca-Cola that have these subdivisions called Warner Bros., Columbia … and Sony has its own. So, you have three studios making 15 films a year. The film market went away. You can either do something where you're telling a story, or you can go do a big-budget movie with a toy -- that's basically what the options are. Cable took off after that. All of a sudden people were able to do the work they wanted to do. Television was the better forum. PHOTOS: Emmys 2012: Up Close and Adorkable: Behind the Scenes of Fox's 'New Girl' THR: You had a lot of choices after 24, yet you went back to broadcast on Touch. Sutherland: I didn't actually. I was quite surprised by that. THR: But you went back to broadcast. Is that because that was the best thing there? Sutherland: 24 was an amazing experience. I did not run into what you described with the networks. They did not recut our stuff. I think the secret was we shot so far out in Simi Valley that no one wanted to drive out there. (Laughter.) I hadn't planned on doing another show as quickly as I did. 24 was the first time I had a real job. It was the first time in my life where every three months I wasn't panicked to death about how I was going to feed my kids. THR: Jon, Peter mentioned that he does a lot of improv on Parenthood. On Mad Men, is what Matt Weiner writes gospel? Hamm: Yeah. He writes it, and we say it. I have a special relationship with Matt. I can ask questions, but I made a decision early on in the run of the show to trust that he's going to tell the story. My method is not to get in there and monkey around needlessly just to prove that I can. If something doesn't make sense, the explanation is, "It'll make sense in three episodes, trust me." The network thing that Peter's talking about, when you have people who aren't as invested in it coming in and saying, "What if that was blue?" -- they're making suggestions to prove their job needs to exist. Grammer: They speak up to keep their job, but not too much to lose it. Lewis: It's worth pointing out that our workloads as actors are phenomenal. You've got to focus on what you've got to do. Hamm: I'm glad I don't have to write the show. I'm glad that's not my job. Lewis: I was on a show once where I said, "Can I get a network draft or a production draft? I'd just like to have a look at it and make some notes." Within four episodes I thought, "What am I doing?" I don't have time to read, get the notes back, focus on performing it and not let them down. Grammer: My experience with comedy was, you rehearsed it every day. Sutherland: Yeah. That went well for you. (Laughter.) Grammer: But they would rewrite. I remember the second episode of Frasier, I looked at the writers -- I was in the middle of doing a scene -- and said, "I feel like I'm floating around here, guys … it needs better writing." And the next day, it was better writing. That characterized the relationship. The drama episodic vibe is a little more out there. You have to kind of take a position of defending your character. "That's bullshit. I won't say it. I will not say this." Then they explain to you why you should say it, and you say, "I will not say it." They try to find some way to make you say it without you realizing that you're saying it. (Laughter.) Hamm: "Just do it once. We won't use it." Sutherland: "You do one your way and one our way and see what happens." Grammer: On Boss, I had the luxury of cracking the first season with the guy who wrote it. We spent six months before he started writing figuring out what we thought the story was. I stand as never before, in a position of authority in a weird way to say, "Let's try to do this a little bit differently," and people seem to respond pretty well. Hamm: I have that meeting with Matt every year before we start shooting. Before he even opens the writers room, we sit, we have a 2½-hour lunch and talk about what possibilities are for the next 13 episodes. It's not specifics at all. It's shades and tones and themes. It's incredibly helpful. Sutherland: I've heard this myth about the cable world that all the episodes are written before you start. Is that true? (Laughter.) Cranston: Oh, they are. Sutherland: I have cable fantasies as I'm going to sleep. They're written before we start shooting and brought in by beautiful nymphs. Lewis: I'm working with guys that Kiefer spent a long time working with on 24. They're phenomenally talented and collaborative, as long as they know what the story is going to do. Often they don't. But there was one incident toward the end of the first season, they didn't happen on it. I think genuinely they didn't happen on it in the writers room until about episode five or six, and then they came to me and said, "We think this happens." I was like, "What? What do you mean that happens? I'm that guy? I'm not that guy?" Then you realize you're a guy that's being written. So you roll with it. Sutherland: Having done eight years with those guys, they get a charge out of writing it that morning. That was their juice. Leaving it up to the end and then just in this unbelievable panic of this deadline coming at you like a freight train and then furiously writing. I remember on 24, the poor girl playing Nina Myers, my partner for five episodes, somewhere in the sixth episode, they decided, "Why don't we make her bad?" Hamm: That was my prom date, by the way. Sutherland: Really? Sarah [Clarke] was? Hamm: Yeah. Sarah was my prom date. Sutherland: That's hysterical. I'm just trying to picture you dancing because she's quite a short girl. Hamm: Worked out fine. (Laughter.) Sutherland: I remember we had shot her in a ditch, and we thought she was dead and then all of a sudden in the next episode they had managed to go back and shoot something else where they had put a vest under this very dainty blouse and she lived. (Laughter.) Cranston: The best writers write themselves into what seems to be an inextricable place. Then they go, "Now, how do we get out of this?" In my situation, I don't ask any questions. I don't even know what's happening in the next episode because my character is going through such twists and turns I didn't find it helpful. There were no anchor points for this character. He was flying by the seat of his shatted pants. (Laughter.) I think we hook our wagons to good writers, they drag us and we hold on. Krause: I don't know that either is better, getting them in advance or getting it at the last minute. I've gotten scripts from Sorkin literally right before we filmed something and there's a rush to that experience, and then I've gotten things from Alan Ball on Six Feet Under like 10 or 14 days in advance. They both work. Hamm: Working on big features, though, where you shoot a page and a half a day, it's a 12-hour day. It's like, "Oh, we didn't get it? Don't worry about it. We'll do it tomorrow. We'll do it next week" -- that doesn't happen [on TV]. Sutherland: Have you found it odd going back to movies? I've become narcoleptic going back to feature films. I'm so bored. "Someone shoot me!" Hamm: "What are we doing? Let's go. Why am I here?" Sutherland: Then you become unbelievably negative. "This isn't going to look any better." Four more hours and all of a sudden you become a genius. (Laughter.) Krause: My first gig was a sketch comedy series with Carol Burnett. That was a wakeup call when you're talking about changing the writing every day. Coming out of grad school for acting and Shakespeare, I thought, "Ugh, TV, whatever." But the first night I got new pages, I was like, "What?" Grammer: "I have my performance memorized. And it's quite good!" STORY: Emmys Q&A: New Mrs. Draper Jessica Pare Has Her Emmy Moment Lewis: Kelsey, when you were doing Cheers and Frasier, did you do Monday to Thursday rehearsing and then shoot on a Friday? Grammer: Cheers was a Friday night shoot, Frasier was a Tuesday night shoot, so you'd get a longer weekend. If the script was in trouble, the writers would have to work over the weekend. Frasier got to where we rehearsed about 10 hours a week, and then we'd shoot and that was about an eight-hour day. Sutherland: Cheers or Frasier -- I can't imagine there ever was a bad script. Grammer: Well, there really weren't. Just some niggling points that you had to say, "We can't get to where you want us to get sometimes." They were quite aggressive about rewriting, which was great. They'd do page ones all the time. Cranston: You get that on a Monday and shoot it on a Tuesday? Grammer: You go in the next day, and you'd have a whole new script. It was kind of exciting. I remember Mercedes Ruehl was doing a show with us. We're rehearsing, it was the day before we're shooting the show, and I suddenly went, "This doesn't work." She was ready to kill me because she had memorized her performance. (Laughter.) [pagebreak] THR: One thing that is interesting, Kelsey, is that those shows, Cheers and Frasier, were both huge broadcast hits … PHOTOS: Emmys 2012: Behind the Scenes Photos From THR's Comedy Showrunners Roundtable Grammer: I'm responsible for the success of both of those shows. (Laughter.) THR: You're doing great work on a new show, but audience expectations are much lower. Is that a relief or is that a disappointment? Grammer: Well, if it was HBO it wouldn't be a relief; it would be, "You're on the chopping block." But because it's Starz, you have an opportunity to kind of brand the network. I think there is a more generous, open expectation about it. When you get some good response, you get some critical acclaim; they believe the numbers will follow. That's where we're at right now. We'll see how it goes. (Laughter.) Hamm: There's no metric established at this point. There is no way to measure how people consume television anymore, whether they're downloading to their phone or they're DVR-ing it to watch a week later or they're buying a season of it on iTunes or they're waiting for the DVD, whatever. Lewis: There's no correlation between numbers and reputation and recognition. Sutherland: The ambiguity is fantastic. When I call home I can tell my mom, "It's much bigger than you think it is and much better than you think. Huge DVR numbers." Lewis: You guys are on shows that have been talked about by everybody everywhere. You get the sense that 250 million people are watching it for the amount of people that talk about it. THR: The head of AMC, Charlie Collier, calls Mad Men a lifestyle brand. What do you think when you hear something like that? Grammer: I think, "You're fired." How do you come up with such an odd little phrase? Hamm: I see what he's saying. In a sense there is a deeper impact of the show. Cranston: My show is definitely a lifestyle brand. A lifestyle no one wants! Sutherland: [To Cranston] I remember watching your show and wondering how long would it really take to learn how to make crystal really well? I wondered how many chemistry teachers thought, "That's a great idea." STORY: Emmys 2012: Nominations Can Be Consolation Prizes For Killed-Off Characters Cranston: There have been some copycat situations around the country. We do montage scenes like that and we purposefully put the order out of place so we don't make a "how to" video. (Laughter.) THR: What is the best or worst career advice you got when you were starting out? Hamm: My favorite thing I was told was after testing for my seventh network in a pilot season: I was told by the head of the network that I would never be a television star. Grammer: Probably because you didn't put out. Cranston: Or because he did. (Laughter.) As he's buckling his pants, "You are never going to be a TV star, not with that kind of performance." Krause: Robert Guillaume on Sports Night had a great aside. He saw that I was getting uptight -- the director was really hounding me about something -- and said, "Just nod your head, say OK and do what the f-- you want." Grammer: I like to pretend that I'm too stupid to understand. (Laughter.) "This is all I got!" Lewis: Good advice for me was, "Don't do a press junket instead of a job." A lot of pressure was put on me by a studio to do one of these global press junkets, go to Paris for the weekend. I turned down a great theater job I really wanted to do because of the pressure brought to bear of doing this junket. Never, never, never do press instead of doing something creative. Sutherland: I love the press! Grammer: There was an old actor named G. Wood I shared a dressing room with, and he said to me,"You know, Kelsey, eventually all your competition dies." Bob Hope's was, "Never go onstage without your money." And I think the best piece of advice was Jack Benny on Johnny Carson: "I always play up to my audience." I've hung on to that one throughout my career. They are smarter than we think they are, and they always will be. Krause: You do right by them by choosing good material and showing up in between action and cut. It's an honor to show up. Sutherland: The worst advice I ever took was back in the '80s. An agent was trying to tell me "less is more," and the perfect career would be to do one film every three to five years. (Laughter.) I took the advice, for once, and it took me another two years to remind anybody who I was. "I like Montana, but what am I doing here?" It took me a decade to recover from that one. Cranston: Did Rob Lowe give you that advice? (Laughter.) I didn't go to college. I didn't train in theater. I was on the streets of Hollywood doing one workshop and class after another. I would go into an audition thinking, "I want to get this job. I want this job." And every time you don't get the job, it was a little chink out of you. Finally I had this cognition that, "Oh my God, what am I doing? I'm not trying to just get a job." And everything changed. When I realized my job was to kind of create an interesting character from the text, present it and walk away, that was my golden moment. STORY: Emmys 2012: TV's Funniest Showrunners Talk Difficult Actors, Dreaming Up Plots and Rollerskating on the Lot THR: What other role on TV would each of you like to play? Lewis: Don Draper. I'm in love with this guy [to Hamm]. Cranston: But he's never going to work in TV. (Laughter.) Krause: I've always wanted to do something like 24. It's nice to be the hero and not the antihero or the conflicted guy. Sutherland: It was. Cranston: I have an offer to do the British Prime Minister in a play. Hamm: Margaret Thatcher? Really? I think you got it. (Laughter.) Cranston: I like the idea of going to comedy and doing drama and changing it up. Kelsey had that. The ability to go back and forth is very lucky. THR: What would you tell your 20-year-old self about getting into show business? Krause: Get in sooner. I was almost 25 when I got my first gig out here in 1990. I think the opportunities for actors are greater now. When I look at what we're all doing right now, it didn't exist back then. Lewis: I sat down with a film exec the other day, and he said, "Are you interested in doing films?" That question would never have happened 10 years ago. We are starting to make our films seasonally now, in hiatuses in order to get talent that we want back out of TV and into film. Cranston: There used to be such a separation … Sutherland: They haven't called me. Grammer: I haven't had that conversation. Sutherland: No one is working around my hiatus. Krause: That's a great thing about TV if you're an actor who loves acting. You have a place to do your thing. Hamm: Which is so rare. You said your first gig was at 25, mine was probably 27 or 28. After being out here for three or four years, it was such a luxury to have. I'm sure you [to Sutherland] had days where you look at the week and say, "I have to run around and do all this crazy shit," but you get to do what you set out to do. There are so many people who don't have that, still grinding away, haven't had a break. So it's a luxury. I love going to work. Cranston: I don't think any of us have been without this experience where you start to feel, "Ugh, it's the 14th hour." Then you see someone actually digging a ditch. You realize how lucky we are. Grammer: We work hard. I do think we work hard. Cranston: But at something we love. That makes a huge difference. Grammer: We don't work more than 10 hours in a day on Boss. STORY: How do you Deal with Stress?: Comedy Showrunners Roundtable Cranston: Really? Is that contractual? I've got to do that. (Laughter.) Krause: But you've pulled an 18- or 20-hour day at some point? Grammer: Yeah, but they're counterproductive. You don't achieve anything. THR: What is the strangest or worst job you had while you were trying to be an actor? Grammer: I was once a security guard for a convention of high-tech stereo equipment at The Roosevelt Hotel. That was pretty awful. I was also a ditch digger. This guy would stand there and look at us and say, "All I want to see is asses and elbows." Cranston: It's the same motto in show business. Grammer: It's a really good way to look at it. I just want to see you working. Work hard. Get in the ditch and dig a f--ing hole. Hamm: I briefly worked as a set dresser. We would shoot a 90-minute cable feature in seven days. It was basically soft-core porn, and strangely enough, the guy would say, "All I want to see is asses and elbows." It was depressing. A week into it, I was like, "This is the most depressing thing I've ever done. I've got to get out of this." I did, then did the play that turned into Kissing Jessica Stein. I met my girlfriend, and the rest is history. Cranston: I was an interviewer at a dating service. They needed someone for the weekends, which was perfect for an actor. So, I worked Friday night, all day Saturday and Sunday. I would sit people down and have a little secret button. They're going through all their bullshit, "Well, I'm really a romantic and I love …" I would push the button when they were really, truly honest and interesting. They found love. It was fun. Sutherland: I knew we'd met before. (Laughter.) Cranston: Met before? We dated! (Laughter.) Lewis: I had a job selling car alarms in South London gangland. It was a terrible three months. Grammer: I was a Fuller Brush salesman when I had long hair. I was 16 years old. I bought a short wig, and I put my hair up in it. Cranston: Wait. You wore a wig to high school because you had long hair? STORY: Emmys 2012: New Ladies Taking the Lead in Best Comedy Actress Category Grammer: By 10th grade we'd managed to remove the hair code. It was one of our big achievements. Student council said, "Screw it. We're going to grow our hair." We did, and then the principal said, "No. The hair code is back." "OK, fine, we will wear wigs." Throw it in the back of the car when I got out of school and dig around for it in the morning. Sutherland: You won that one, Kelsey. ABOUT THR'S ROUNDTABLE SERIES Now in its sixth year, The Hollywood Reporter's Emmy Season Roundtable Series has emerged as the television industry's premier showcase for no-holds-barred discussions with the town's top talent. An offshoot of THR's popular Oscar series, the Emmy roundtables also have become predictors of academy winners: In fact, 23 of last year's roundtable participants earned nominations for acting in, writing, producing and hosting television's top series. Upcoming Roundtables: Check out THR during Emmy season for exclusive panels with comedy actors, comedy actresses, reality talent and executives. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Stacey Wilson Hunt email@example.com GalinHollywood Matthew Belloni email@example.com THRMattBelloni


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Police arrest woman, teen in prescription drug ring
Search continues for third suspect
Police said the illegal sale of prescription drugs has surged in the Louisville area, but detectives were able to put two key players in a prescription drug ring behind bars.
Another one remains on the loose.
A few months ago, a break-in at a doctors office at Audubon Hospital set off an investigation that busted a prescription drug ring wide open.
"Pills is big business right now. Very big business," said Louisville narcotics detective William LeFlore.
According to LeFlore, three criminals have been heavily involved in that business, creating a lucrative prescription drug ring, Tiffanie Simon, her son, Chaz, and Shaquita Gutherie.
"Throughout the investigation, we discovered that it was an actual break-in at Audubon Park or Audubon Hospital," said LeFlore.
The break-in in august left a doctor without his wallet and several blank prescription slips missing. The slips themselves have a high street value.
"Yes, they have a street value of $100-150 per blank prescription," said LeFlore.
The street value of prescriptions that are illegally obtained with the stolen slips can reach above $1,000 for dozens of pills.
"Hydrocodone seems to be the most popular right now. Percocet, endocet, basically any type of pain pill," said LeFlore.
Within a month of the burglary, the slips started showing up. Police first arrested Gutherie, and detectives said through that arrest, they learned about Simon, the apparent ring leader.
Police said Simon was caught on surveillance using the illegally filled out prescription on multiple occasions. And just this thursday, police caught Simon's 18-year-old son, Chaz.
"He was on video as well, picking up one of the fraudulent prescriptions that was taken from the burglary," said LeFlore.
Simon is still at large, so police are asking for the communities eyes and ears.
"Especially the pharmacists because she's been going to frequent pharmacies. So call the tip line as well," said LeFlore.
LeFlore said there are probably more suspects in the ring, but right now their focus is on Simon. Anyone with information should call the anonymous police tip line at 502-574-LMPD.

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Augustine of Hippo
from Keith Mathison Nov 01, 2014 Category: Book ReviewsSt. Augustine was born in A.D. 354 in the town of Thagaste in North Africa to a pagan father and a Christian mother. From these inauspicious beginnings, he would eventually become one of the most influential thinkers in the history of the Church and Western civilization. The ramifications of his debates with the Donatists and the Pelagians are still felt to this day in the Church. His Confessions remains a spiritual classic among Christians of widely varying traditions. His magnum opus, The City of God laid down the political and religious foundations for the following 1000 years of medieval history. Those involved in serious theological debate continue to appeal to the writings of Augustine for support. Keep Reading
Abort Abortion: The Bottom of the Slippery Slope
from Keith Mathison Sep 20, 2014 Category: ArticlesTo acknowledge the fact that the unborn child is a living human being and then to argue that a mother should have the right to choose to kill it anyway does not start one down a slippery slope. It is the pit at the bottom of the slope. It is open and unabashed advocacy of cold-blooded murder, and the murder of defenseless children at that. Keep Reading
Life with Cancer: One Year Later
from Keith Mathison Aug 30, 2014 Category: ArticlesOne year ago this week, I received a phone call I'll never forget. I was sitting at my desk when the phone rang. I saw on the display that the call was from my wife Tricia. I answered the phone, and I could hear her crying as she spoke the words: "The doctor says I have cancer." Keep Reading
Abort Abortion: Ethical Schizophrenia
from Keith Mathison Aug 16, 2014 Category: ArticlesIn March 2014, a minor uproar ensued when news reports revealed that aborted and miscarried babies were "incinerated as clinical waste and even used to heat some hospitals in the United Kingdom. . ." Keep Reading
An Introduction to Orthodox Christology: The Prophets
from Keith Mathison Jul 07, 2014 Category: ArticlesBuilding on the covenantal foundation set down in the Pentateuch, the pre-exilic prophets lamented that Israel was breaking God's covenant and called on them to repent. They warned the people that if they did not repent God would pour out upon them the curses of the covenant, including the ultimate curse of exile. Yet even in the midst of their dire warnings, judgment is not their final word. Keep Reading
An Introduction to Orthodox Christology: The Historical Books and Psalms
from Keith Mathison Jun 04, 2014 Category: ArticlesWe turn now to several significant texts found in the historical books and in the Psalms. The historical books, narrate the story of the rise and fall of Israel as well as the development of the Israelite monarchy. Keep Reading


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This is why I am not an artist. When I see pencil shavings, I scoop them up and throw them in the trash. UK artist and designer Kyle Bean, though, keeps them as raw material for a new creation.
The artist collected shavings from different colored pencils and used them to create a series of wonderful portraits. They were so highly regarded that his collection was featured on Wallpaper Magazine's Handmade issue for 2011. [Kyle Bean via Laughing Squid]
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He is expected to be able to return as early as late August.
Peavy's agent, Barry Axelrod told me just a few minutes ago that Jake is still hoping to pitch this season and that he just received a great report on his injured ankle from his doctor. He will begin throwing off of a mound possibly tomorrow and could be a tremendous stretch run addition should the White Sox stay in the race until he is ready to return which could be by September 1st.
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Peavy is going to begin throwing off a mound tomorrow to start his rehab. Our expectation is for a late August/early September return from the sprained tendon in his ankle.


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I thought this was great timing for the cute cheerleader on sheet #16; Football season is in full gear and being here in Austin TX, all I hear is "football, football, football". I guess it helps that the UT Longhorns are in contention for the National Championship this year.
I stamped up this adorable little girl using Memento Ink onto white paper and used watercolor pencils to color her up. After trimming I inked the edges of the paper with ColorBox Chalk warm red ink. I mounted her on red paper on the corner of a large square card and then surrounded her with red flowers. I added a great sentiment from sheet 16.
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It's certainly still winter but this weekend we were blessed with a beautiful and mild Sunday, the kind that promises spring is just around the corner. A spicy, tangy soup works well on sunny-but-still-cold days like these, not too heavy but still warming. This recipe is called chili but instead of being a stew-like combo of beef and beans, it's a brightly spiced green vegetable soup. And it comes together in just 30 minutes, a simple recipe for a quick and delicious dinner.
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'Bachelorette' Emily Maynard designs affordable jewelry line
Sorry guys, former "Bachelorette" stunner Emily Maynard won't be giving out any more roses .?.?. but good news for the ladies-- she will be selling jewelry this spring.
Maynard has been working with North Carolina-based company Towne & Reese to develop a line that is both fashionable and affordable.
"Anyone who knows me knows I'm a girly-girl to a fault," Maynard told Newsday. "I've always been interested in jewelry, and this is all things I would wear."
The collection will retail for less than $150, she says, with earrings costing about $30-40.
"I found there was a lack of really good quality, affordable jewelry out there," Maynard said. "These are unique pieces that don't cost an arm and a leg."
Maynard, who teaches a jewelry making class at a middle school in Charlotte, N.C., where she lives with her daughter, Ricki, 7, says she has been closely involved with the design process.
Maynard describes her style as "very eclectic," and says she uses accessories to switch up her look on a single mom's budget.
"Just keep your clothes basic and add things like costume jewelry or scarves to make an entirely new outfit every day," she advises, adding that she'll often dress up a pair of leggings from Target and a big T-shirt with boots, a cardigan and statement jewelry.
She may have a down-to-earth style, but the season nine "Bachelorette" did have many glamorous moments on the show. She names an AllSaints tribal-inspired beaded dress that she wore on a date with ex-fiancé Jef Holm as her favorite TV fashion moment.
AllSaints also makes her favorite closet staple, a leather jacket.
"Some days I dress very ladylike with heels and hair up and pearls, and the next day I wear my combat boots and leather jacket," Maynard says. "I just dress for how I'm feeling that day. That's the fun thing about being a girl."
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I got my 2nd pretty pink box last week and I am just loving these cute little boxes and the awesome gifts that await me inside! If you remember last year I got my first pretty pink box and I loved all the amazing samples and full-size products I received from familiar and brand new companies.
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you got the julie hewitt palette! I wanted to get one just cuz of that, but I figured I probably wouldn't get one of the palettes...
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synflood wrote:I looked up the cipher given by the image. I noticed something with the typeface. I tried to write down those particular hidden letters and tried to decode. Am I missing something... cause from the ideas going around in this thread it seams i should be getting a particular english word upon the decode which I am not.
slashx24 wrote:I know how this works. I get the clue. I worked out what I believe to be close to the message (I get something like ".....") but it seems to be off by something, because no matter how many times I do it, slightly changing things I'm not sure about around, I can never get a password that it accepts. Can someone who has completed this at least tell me if it's random letters, or an actual word? If it's random letters, I give up because the image doesn't appear clear enough to discern the differences accurately....
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Two African-American men plan to file a lawsuit against ABC television and the producer of the popular reality dating programs "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" charging racial discrimination, Reuters reported.
The class action suit, slated to be filed in federal court on Wednesday, is being brought by a pair of residents of Nashville, Tenn., who contend the shows intentionally exclude people of color.
Nathaniel Claybrooks, an All-American football player, and Christopher Johnson, an aspiring National Football League player, will argue that in the ten years the shows have aired on ABC — a combined 23 seasons of television — neither has ever featured a person of color in a central role, according to a statement from the attorneys.
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New Zealand shares were sold off across the board, following a strong run earlier in the week. December quarter inflation figures showed a fall in prices in the last three months of last year, indicating sustained economic weakness, while Chinese growth data was soft.
The NZX50 Index fell 32.63 points, or 0.77 percent, to 4614.17. Within the index, five stocks rose, 38 fell, and seven were unchanged, in trading valued at $159.03 million.
The biggest fall was in shares of childrens' clothing manufacturer Pumpkin Patch, which have gyrated in recent days, but ended the week square with last Friday's closing price of $1.33, on a 4.32 percent fall from Thursday's closing price.
Both Warehouse Group, which also bounced around this week, and Metlifecare shed more than 3 percent of their value respectively, with the general goods superstore owner falling 3.13 percent to $3.10, and aged care and housing provider Metlifecare dropping 3.64 percent to $3.18 respectively.
Fletcher Building was the only New Zealand company among the top four of the five shares to rise on the day, continuing a strong run since before Christmas at $9.15, up 0.44 percent.
Oceana Gold was the other kiwi stock to rise, up marginally to $3.49. The South Island and Philippines gold miner appears to be stabilising after a wild ride over the last six months, having traded between $2.18 and $450 in the last 12 months.
A report from the Treasury showed the extent of government savings vehicle investment in New Zealand assets and concluded they were not excessive but there was limited scope for more investment, given the size of the NZX.
This means Crown Financial Institutions - essentially government accident insurance and pension funds - "would need to look at private market opportunities in which to invest or move to a more passive approach in investing in New Zealand equities."
Market darling Diligent fell 1.8 percent to $5.45. The company announced strong sales figures earlier in the week, which saw the shares peak briefly at $5.61. Today, the company owned up to a minor but embarrassing securities law breach. Registered in Delaware and NZX-listed, Diligent over-issued options to senior management without issuing a new prospectus under the requirements of the US Securities Exchange Commission.
The provider of governance software said it had cancelled the securities in question and would find other ways to structure the compensation.
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C5 Series 2 in-ear headphones bring you amazingly natural acoustics and fit so snugly you'll hardly be aware you're wearing them. These headphones use a new 9.2mm dynamic driver, and have been optimized to deliver bass that's powerful yet precisely controlled, resulting in a more natural, open and detailed sound.
To enter the sweepstakes, all you need is an account on this website. If you don't already have one, click on the link labeled "register" at the bottom of this announcement or "LOG IN/JOIN" in the nav bar at the right. Then, enter a username and a valid e-mail address, and click on the "Create new account" button. A message will be automatically sent to the e-mail address you specified, which will include a link to activate the account.
The final step (and only step for those who already have an account) is to log in and leave a comment right here on this announcementany comment will do, as long as it's not profane or spam. Then, when the sweepstakes closes, a lucky commenter will be chosen at random to receive the prize. So post a comment, and good luck!
For complete sweepstakes rules, click here.
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I am curious to see if they have improved the overall frequency response from the first C5. Good luck to everyone!
Just going by your measurements they look quite nice. Big bass thwack that calms itself down before it gets to mud up the vocals and well extended mids that blend smoothly into the treble region, with almost ruler flat treble up to 10kHz and only a slight rolloff thereafter.
I really don't like when a headphone rolls off the mids at about 1-2kHz, and so many do. I know a lot of people like warm mids but to me that region feels like the place where all the air and consonant detail lies in the vocals, especially female vocals.
I also find it very hard to find an IEM that doesn't drop off sharply after 10kHz. Even many high end UIEMs like the SE846 seem to run away sharply in that region, robbing you of that little bit of sparkle.
Always nice to have quality headphones.
Been curious about these for a while
I would love a chance to own these.
Would like to have these for use in the office.
A giveaway is always nice and I've never heard a B&W headphone so that would be interesting.
Interesting; I'd like to hear their new version of C5 and hope they had tuned it toward balanced sound signature.
If I win, I hope these fit my ears. I've had many problems with in-ear headphones.
And winning these headphones will surely support the notion.
And winning these headphones will surely support the notion.
And winning these headphones will surely support the notion.
I own the originals and love them immensely and would love the series 2 as even more !
Thanks for running this contest, and another year of solid audio gear reviews. I've been subscribed to your RSS feed for a while now, and I enjoy reading your reviews, especially headphones-related. Looking forward to 2015!
...unfortunately, flattery will get me nowhere.
For being the best and most comprehensive reviewers of all things headphones. Keep it up! Would love a new pair of iems as mine just went to headphone heaven. Cheers!
My old Shure E2c buds have long since bit the dust. These would do the trick no doubt :)
....or spamming.
I've been such a good headphone user...
I love great audio. So I will surely love these IEMs!
I'm always down to try out some new gear! Count me in!
Please add me to the bid
Perfect timing, as I have "misplaced" my original C5s
2014 came to a horrible end for me, it would not make up for losing my boss and job, but a B&W win would make me smile. Cheers!
Let these be part of my manifesting policy.
I didn't have a Christmas present so winning this would be nice.
I could use a pair of higher end IEMs. I've had a bunch of them including Sennheiser CX300 IIs, but I can't honestly say that I can tell a huge difference between most of them.
She grew out of her B-shells!
I just happened upon your site and really enjoyed your reviews. Keep up the good work.
I noticed an inconsistency in the rules for the contest: "Drawing: This Sweepstakes will have one (1) drawing and three (1) winner"
Should I win this sweepstake, I hope to answer a nagging question: Is Bowers dedicated to the right ear, or is that the proper domain of Wilkins?
Further, should ear placement be reversed, would there be any discernible impact upon audible frequencies within the fabric of space-time?
You can send 'em right here!!!!
I've been wanting a new set for the office
What a great New Year this will be.
i never win anything, ever.
getting back into listening to headphones in 2015.
Can I still win if I live in Mexico?
Thanks for the opportunity to win the B&W C5 series 2's. I've been very interested in these and would love the chance to win a pair. Thanks.
I'd be interested to see if these have a good fit to my ears.
What more can I say, I've been on the hunt for a sub-$200 IEM that fits nicely into my ears securely for almost three years now. I shied away from the first C5 due to the bloated bass. I hear Series 2 is way better.
I really appreciate you continuing to give us chances to win gear. I really appreciate it.
I am looking for an IEM and it would be awesome to be able to win a pair!
Would love to try them out.
Yep, I could use those.
so i need those for mobile use :)
Would love to give them a listen.
Gracias por poder participar... QUIERO ESOS AUDIFONOOOOS!!
Funk, Blues, Soul and Jive
Will be playing through my pair of C5's.
if victorious I will strive daily to honor the duties of my fulfillingness of the crown thingy.
Haven't had much luck with IEMs yet, but no harm in trying another.
I just got a new pair of over-ear headphones for Christmas, a pair of in-ear would be great!
Thanks for this promo. This would be the best birthday present.
Oh snap, those would be nice to try out!
Hi Inner Fidelity, would love one of these! I've been looking for a pair of in ear headphones for travel and lounging at home. Thanks!
I picked up the earlier C5 model about a year ago and am very happy! If the Series 2 is even better, I may have to upgrade :-)
I would love to win these headphones.
at CES this week. Hope you find lots of Lightning headphones with built-in DACs & amps. It's about time!
Thanks for running this contest! You all have done an excellent job covering the industry and I always love to pop in to gather your thoughts on high quality audio.
I really want to hear what the B&W in-ear sounds...


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The Tank is one of the most famous elegant wristwatches for men and women worldwide. Introduced in 1917, its design was inspired by tanks used in the First World War. Fans of vintage timepieces will discover a large pre-owned market.
At first glance, the Tank doesn't look like a military watch. It coordinates better with a nicely tailored suit than it does with an army uniform. It's also meant for civilian use, unlike many diving and pilot's watches developed for marines or fighter pilots.
However, its distinctive shape was inspired by the armored tanks used in the First World War, especially the Renault FT-17. Other sources claim the Tank was inspired by the British Mark IV. Both tanks had distinctive tracks, especially when viewed from above. Cartier used the look when designing the Tank's four straight and relatively large lugs.
A special feature of the Tank is the blue sapphire on its crown. The original Tank had chamfered Roman numerals, which are still present on most models today. A railroad minute track and two blue hands—there was no seconds hand—are additional characteristics from the first models that are still used to this day.
The Tank has undergone a number of changes over its lifetime. Since its introduction, there have been around 250 different versions released. Cartier has continually altered the case materials, dial designs, calibers, and bands while maintaining the same basic features. This watch is available in stainless steel or gold and with a quartz or in-house caliber. Its unique rectangular shape and harmonious linear design have helped the Tank to become a major success from the start.
|Case Material
|Tank MC
|Tank Anglaise
|White gold
|Tank Louis Cartier
|Yellow gold
|Tank Solo
|Pink gold
|Tank Américaine
|Stainless steel
|Tank Française
|Bicolor (yellow gold/stainless steel)
The Cartier Tank is an iconic luxury watch with a groundbreaking design. When paired with certain attire in the right atmosphere, this timepiece gives off an air of elegance, style, and good taste without showing off. Thanks to the many different versions from various decades, Tank watches are available at a range of price points.
If you're willing to spend over 2,900 USD, you can purchase a new stainless steel Tank with a mechanical movement. The most expensive models are in a completely different price range. It's not rare to find a yellow, white, or pink gold diamond-set Tank for over 58,000 USD. Entry-level models are powered by quartz movements and available in good or very good condition for around 1,200 USD. Many quartz watches can be found for less than 2,900 USD, though prices over 4,600 USD are not unheard of.
Cartier has divided the Tank into several different collections. The design of the Tank Louis Cartier remains very close to that of the original Tank from 1917. This watch was named after and worn by the creator of the famous watch. The manufacturer offers this timepiece in yellow, white, and pink gold paired with a leather strap. For around 10,400 USD, you can purchase a 33.7 x 25.5 mm case made of 18-karat yellow gold with a quartz movement. The gold version with a manual, in-house movement is significantly more expensive, costing around 34,800 USD.
The Tank collection also has its own introductory model, the Tank Solo. You can buy new stainless steel models with a quartz movement for about 2,300 USD. When powered by an automatic movement, the Solo costs around 3,000 USD. A new, quartz-powered pink gold model can cost over 4,600 USD. The pink gold version with an automatic movement is the most expensive Tank Solo, costing around 8,100 USD.
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso is an alternative to the Tank. This competitor used to supply calibers to Cartier, so some Tank and Jaeger-LeCoultre watches are powered by the same movement.
The most noticeable feature of the Tank Anglaise is its crown, which is integrated into the case. A small bridge protects the upper side from direct contact. The Anglaise is available in a variety of models. These range from stainless steel models costing 4,600 USD to bicolor models costing around 7,000 USD. There are also gold versions set with diamonds available for prices around 46,400 USD.
Released in 1996, the Tank Française sits beautifully on the wrist thanks to its slightly arched case. The stainless steel quartz version costs around 1,700 USD, while the bicolor yellow gold/stainless steel version sells for 2,900 USD.
The Tank Américaine is longer than its other Tank siblings. Its domed case comes in your choice of stainless steel or pink, yellow, or white gold. Prices for an Américaine begin around 4,100 USD for quartz-powered models. Automatic gold timepieces studded with precious gemstones can cost up to 46,400 USD.
The Cartier Tank MC is more square-shaped than the other Tank models. Furthermore, it has a larger case and is thus primarily marketed as a men's watch. Stainless steel timepieces with small seconds mark the entry point into this collection and cost around 5,800 USD. Chronograph models cost upward of 8,100 USD. If you want a pink gold chronograph, be prepared to spend around 20,900 USD. A special skeletonized MC with a palladium case demands around 58,000 USD. You can view the watch's manual movement at work through its sapphire glass case back.
The name of this watch gives away its design inspiration. General John Pershing (1860-1948) received one of the first Tank watches as a gift in 1918 when he was commanding US troops in Europe. Louis Cartier, a descendant of the company's founder, personally gifted Pershing a watch in advance of its release. Cartier developed the watch in 1917 after he saw the first tanks on the front. In the 1920s, this spectacular new wristwatch significantly contributed to the gradual drop in popularity of pocket watches.
Louis-François Cartier founded the company in 1847 in Paris. He began making jewelry and was soon delivering his work to members of nobility such as the French Empress Eugénie. In the 1870s, Cartier's son expanded the company's offerings. The Santos, first introduced in 1904, is considered the first pilot's watch and first wristwatch with a leather strap.


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Jamil Hopoate sacked by the Parramatta Eels
PARRAMATTA has sacked Jamil Hopoate, the younger brother of 2011 Manly premiership player Will Hopoate, after a series of off-field incidents.
Jamil, 18, had his contract terminated after the Eels conducted an investigation into his behaviour at a rookie camp in Sydney on the weekend.
The talented back-rower left the camp despite being given specific instructions more than once not to do so.
He also did not attend scheduled formal presentations.
Jamil, the son of former Manly and West Tigers bad boy John Hopoate, recently had his driver's licence suspended for six months for mid-range drink-driving.
Eels chief executive Ken Edwards said the club was extremely disappointed to lose such a promising player.
"Unfortunately Jamil has failed to respond to on-going support, tutoring and mentoring," Edwards said.
"All who play for the Parramatta Eels need to understand that we are focused on and committed to recruiting players who put the team first."
Will Hopoate, presently on a two-year Mormon mission, has signed with the Eels from the 2014 season.


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Hi all.
So, I've been playing with pyglet in this months and a thing I noticed was that even if my application got an error it wouldn't raise it.
I even tried with this example.
from pyglet import app
from pyglet.window import key, window
win = window()
def on_key_press(symbol, modifiers):
if symbol == key.R:
raise RuntimeError("testing...")
But this example, won't raise any error once the window is running.
Is that how it should work or is my pyglet broken?
How could I fix it?


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This is an original B.C. Rich Stealth [...] one of the very few USA handcrafted Stealths that were produced at the BC Rich Custom Shop in Los Angeles California from '83-'84. Only 174 originals built and the black fixed bridge models are the rarest. Designed by the great rock guitarist Rick Derringer and made even more famous by Chuck Schuldiner of "Death" who adored his Stealths.G L Wilson
Originally Rick took his design to Gibson. As usual, Gibson set about a way they could make it cheaper and ruin the mojo. Gibson wanted to make it a set neck guitar and not a neck thru. Rick then took it to Bernie Rico and the rest is Rock n' Roll history. The Stealth is probably the nicest of all the B.C. Rich Guitars. It balances the best and has a very comfortable feel sitting or standing.
SPECS: Mahogany neck-thru and body with a beautiful Brazilian rosewood fretboard. DiMarzio Dual Sound humbuckers. 4 toggle switches - Dual-sound neck and bridge switch, phase switch and kill switch, Quadmatic bridge. 24 fret, 24 5/8 scale, Dunlop strap locks and Schaller tuners that really keep this axe in tune. This guitar plays extremely well and sounds absolutely beautiful whether you play blues, rock or death metal. Strike a chord and your hands will feel how alive this axe is with beautiful resonance.
Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - now in its 9th year!


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Wed., May 15, 2013
PASCO, Wash. — A baby is being treated for rabies after it was bitten by a bat that flew out of a patio umbrella on the deck of her grandparents' Pasco home.
Dan and Sandra Anderson were babysitting 11-month-old Alanna on Saturday evening when Dan Anderson opened the umbrella and Sandra Anderson noticed something flutter out toward Alanna.
"It was weird. I thought maybe it was moths," Sandra Anderson told the Tri-City Herald newspaper.
Then she saw the bat clinging to Alanna's back near her left shoulder. She brushed the bat away and then noticed two pair of tiny bite marks, even though the bat had been on the baby only a few seconds.
Alanna didn't cry — until she noticed how upset her grandmother was. The baby was given shots at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland. Her grandparents are getting vaccine shots for rabies, too, as a precaution.
The family thought it had seen the last of the bat, but they were on the patio again Sunday for Mother's Day when they noticed something black inside the closed umbrella.
This time, Alanna's father, Derek Anderson, killed it with a piece of metal. He turned it over to the Benton Franklin Health Department and it tested positive for rabies.
The virus can be fatal without medical attention.
"I'm thankful we saw the bat on her and could take her for treatment," said Sandra Anderson.
"Everything's fine. It's 100 percent curable," Derek Anderson said.
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The April 2011 Daring Bakers' challenge was hosted by Evelyne of the blog Cheap Ethnic Eatz. Evelyne chose to challenge everyone to make a maple mousse in an edible container. Prizes are being awarded to the most creative edible container and filling, so vote on your favorite from April 27th to May 27th at http://thedaringkitchen.com!
So the rules for this challenge were as follows: 1) We had to make one of the two Maple Mousse recipes provided (I have listed the one that I used below), and 2) we must make an edible container for the mousse to be presented in.
As soon as I read the rules, I knew exactly what I was going to do.
Of the many cookbooks that I have, I actually have a few that are strict pastry and plated desserts. One that has always drawn my attention was a bowl made out of chocolate. It is actually made by taking a small balloon, blowing it up, and dipping it in melted chocolate. Once the chocolate has set you can remove the balloon. The easiest way I have found to do this is to just pop it 🙂 I actually had a bit of trouble with dipping the balloon in the chocolate because the bowl I melted the chocolate in wasn't big enough. In the end I just spooned the chocolate over the balloon and them smoothed it out in a swirl pattern with the back of the spoon.
The maple mousse was pretty straight forward to make. At first, I was only going to make half a recipe, then I discovered that I only had 1/4 cup maple syrup. Which is just enough for 1/4 of a recipe. I decided that 1/4 of a recipe was perfect, even though I knew my containers wouldn't very full. The recipe came together without a hitch, and when the mousse was set I piped it into the chocolate cups. The flavor of the mousse was very nice. My first thought when I saw the recipe is that I didn't want the maple to be too strong of a flavor, and it actually was perfect. You tasted the maple, but it wasn't overpowering at all. Definitely a mousse recipe that can be modified for any type of flavor that you like 🙂
Maple Mousse:
Source: Adapted from Jaime Oliver is not my boyfriend
• 1 cup (240 ml/ 8 fluid oz.) pure maple syrup (not maple-flavoured syrup)
• 4 large egg yolks
• 1 package (7g/1 tbsp.) unflavoured gelatine
• 1 1/2 cups (360 ml. g/12 fluid oz) whipping cream (35% fat content)
1. Bring maple syrup to a boil then remove from heat.
2. In a large bowl, whisk egg yolks and pour a little bit of the maple syrup in while whisking (this is to temper your egg yolks so they don't curdle).
3. Add warmed egg yolks to hot maple syrup until well mixed.
4. Measure 1/4 cup of whipping cream in a bowl and sprinkle it with the gelatine. Let it rest for 5 minutes. Place the bowl in a microwave for 45 seconds (microwave for 10 seconds at a time and check it in between) or place the bowl in a pan of barely simmering water, stir to ensure the gelatine has completely dissolved.
5. Whisk the gelatine/whipping cream mixture into the maple syrup mixture and set aside.
6. Whisk occasionally for approximately an hour or until the mixture has the consistency of an unbeaten raw egg white.
7. Whip the remaining cream. Stir 1/4 of the whipped cream into the maple syrup mixture. Fold in the remaining cream and refrigerate for at least an hour.
8. Remove from the fridge and divide equally among your edible containers.


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I could REALLY use some desk speakers. Work is killing me.
Vanatoo Transparent One Speakers Sweepstakes
According to the company:
The Vanatoo Transparent One powered speakers set a new price/performance benchmark in the audiophile world. They produce unexpectedly great sound quality (honest, tight bass down to 48Hz!) from small bookshelf speakers that give you a lot of flexibility in how you use them. They are equally at home as a desktop audio system, a music streaming solution for a room where you want music but not stacks of equipment, or as a compact system you take with you on your weekend getaways.
Just the Facts: 48-20,000Hz +/- 3dB response at 90dB+ over listening window; 5 ¼ inch aluminum cone XBL woofer; 1 inch silk dome tweeter; 5 ¼ inch long-throw passive radiator; 60 watt/channel D2Audio amplifier with integrated DSP; Built in DAC with USB, coax, and optical inputs; Analog input; Volume, bass, and treble controls; Subwoofer output with auto-sensing (removes bass from Transparent One); 3 year warranty; Supported by the people who designed it and know it best!
To enter the sweepstakes, all you need is an account on this website. If you don't already have one, click on the link labeled "register" at the bottom of this announcement or "LOG IN/JOIN" in the nav bar at the right. Then, enter a username and a valid e-mail address, and click on the "Create new account" button. A message will be automatically sent to the e-mail address you specified, which will include a link to activate the account.
The final step (and only step for those who already have an account) is to log in and leave a comment right here on this announcementany comment will do, as long as it's not profane or spam. Then, when the sweepstakes closes, a lucky commenter will be chosen at random to receive the prize. So post a comment, and good luck!
For complete sweepstakes rules, click here.
[This Sweepstakes is now closed.]
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Any counter points?
Hope to try these soon ... with a glass of wine :)
Would love to have a nice pair of desktop speakers!
I have the B&W MM-1s at home and miss not having a subwoofer out. If I win this, it will likely replace the MM-1s.
Hope I win!
These would sound, and look, great next to my iMac...
These look great! Good luck everyone.
who would love these forever. I'd take them for myself, but plans to travel the world don't gel well with owning speaker. :)
don't feel like reading the complete rules so if the Sweepstakes are not international skip my comment. However if I win I see a problem with power because in my country (Bulgaria) the power rating is 230v....
If you win you can buy a step down transformer that is not expensive and drop the 230 V down to 120 volts very simply. its just a simple autotransformer with a 2:1 ratio. so.. if you win its not a big problem
I was hoping for an European version
If you win you can buy a step down transformer that is not expensive and drop the 230 V down to 120 volts very simply. its just a simple autotransformer with a 2:1 ratio. so.. if you win its not a big problem
The Vanatoos, a glass of wine and some good tunes; what more can you ask for?
One hopes so!
My room is sadly lacking in speakers at the moment
And send it. I'll give it a good home.
Sure, I could use some speakers.
This will hook my college son into a lifetime of consuming ever-increasingly expensive audio equipment instead of taking vacations or buying his wife jewelry. hahaha.
Best of luck to everyone.
I was literally just looking for a set of good desktop speakers! Crosses fingers.
what kind of wine is that?
I run a Internet Radio Station and have a great Crew of DJ's I would love to give these to a DJ we have who is in need of some good speakers.
I could use some new computer speakers.
Mighty generous of you.
Thx Tyll
I want that, look good
I need these for computer audio!
Would love to have these as a Christmas present! Was going to make an account anyways, seems like this is the perfect time to!
Very cool design consolidating everything in to one package.
Great ways to improve reader engagement!
to my desktop headphone system.
I could definitely use a pair of desk speakers! It's tough trying to listen to music at night on my normal rig, too loud. These would be perfect.
Let me know when I have to send my mailing address.
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I need these active monitors.
: ) thats pretty cool. I wonder if any site impressions/review will follow.
Good luck everyone!
I have been lurking until now. This is just too good an offer! Oh please let me win this.
Never heard of Vanatoo,understandable as my (lack of) knowledge on speakers.
Looks Pro as hell though!:D
Sweet, thanks for the chance!
Those look really cool. I wouldn't mind having a pair. :)
So, please...
Well thought out. If the sound is equally good, appears to be a winner.
They'd go well with my Oppo HA-1 on my desktop...
Just once it would be nice to win
These would be perfect for my son's room
I would love to win. I've never won anything from something like this.
Really think that I should get the speakers!
enjoy these speakers to the fullest...and drink lots of red wine while listening to them!!!
Peace .n. Living in Stereo
I haven't been able to makeup my mind about new PC speakers... AudioEngine? Emotiva? Now Vanatoo! Winning would certainly help make the decision for me!
Would be a perfect addition to my setup!
I want them anyway ;)
Such weird timing... I have been reading reviews of desktop-oriented, powered speakers for a few weeks. These, as well as Adam Audio, had really caught my eye.
how do they compare to audioengine a2, i wonder!
"9. Winner List: The prizewinner name will be available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope after February 21, 2014 to Vanatoo Transparent One Speakers Sweepstakes - c/o TEN: The Enthusiast Network, LLC, 831 South Douglas Street, El Segundo, CA 90245 Attn: Legal."
Shouldn't that be February 21, 2015?
Thanks for all that you do, Tyll and company. :)
But I could really use these for my desk! Good luck everyone!
I have a pair of M-Audio AV-40s run through an fiio e17 dac out from my MacBook pro on which all my CDs are burned onto ALAC files, I would be curious to hear if these sound better. I use this desktop rig in my home office to play along with tunes on my guitar and amp.
I promise to use these to annoy my room mate. :)
Love Speakers!!!!!
Would love to get a nice pair of speakers for my setup! Can't always wear headphones you know.
Interesting, they have direct inputs for Optical and Coax Digital, so built in Dac, looks like a good and simple do all solution.
Hopefully the built in DAC is decent but it does look like it has everything.
I too would like to get some free speakers. These look great!
Want. Ticks all my boxes!
I'd love to have a pair.
I had been considering adding some speakers (although at least a year or two away, for budgeting reasons) of this size to one or two rooms in my apartment. While catching up on headphone-related news after several months away from the audio addiction, these gems showed up on InnerFidelity!! Good luck to all! I do wonder if they would integrate with my Pioneer FS52's. It would be ironic for the surrounds to be more than 3x as expensive as the fronts, lol.
I could really use a pair of powered speakers!
Would love to win some speakers.
Gratz to whoever wins these babies!
I heard these at last year's RMAF, and was impressed enough to mention them in my YouTube RMAF review. Would love to have a set.
I have lusted for a pair for quite a while, maybe me.
Could definitely use some powered speakers in my collection!
Who do that Vanatoo that you do so well?
yes, please enter my name for the sweepstakes. Have I mentioned this is the finest audiophile site on the planet?
I've heard such good things about these, now I want to actually hear them!
They look nice, count me in.


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Oh, hello there. I'm just here sitting back in my smoking jacket and enjoying a nice whiskey on the rocks (my third). You know, I've been thinking a lot about 2012. It really sucked, didn't it? Stop and think about it for a minute, did anything good happen this year to anyone but Psy? Not really. However, it certainly was a wild, memorable ride. Perhaps it was the looming threat of the end of the world. It could be the heavy buzz I've got going, but I feel like looking back on the biggest stories of this year. Grab a drink and join me, won't you?
Swingin' Gingrich
Marianne Gingrich made her ex-husband, Newt, look even worse by dropping the bombshell that he wanted to have an open marriage. Apparently this is worse than asking your wife for a divorce when she's recovering from cancer treatments in the hospital. Mitt Romney didn't see what the big deal is–you can have more than one wife, right?
Also, they battle Hitler
In a story that can only end well, scientists in New York made "supersoldier" ants. I'm not really sure why this was so important to do, but now there are ants with really large heads. Their heads are so large that they are able to block the entrances to their nest when it comes under attack. Also, they do this really cool shield-throwing trick.
Equal time rule
A year away from inauguration day, and President Barack Obama was out on the campaign trail. He was raising funds, and he'd do just about anything for your money. At The Apollo, he noted that Rev. Al Green was in the audience, and did his own version of "Let's Stay Together," well a few bars of it, anyway. And he's got the chops for it, too. The American public got to hear his pipes more along the campaign trail when he sang "Red Solo Cup" in Missouri. Continue reading You Missed It: End of 2012 edition