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Raising the standard: Fascinating flags and the stories behind them
By Barry Neild, for CNN • Updated 16th January 2014
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Funny things flags.
Essentially they're just pieces of colored cloth, but run any of them up a pole and they become powerful talismans capable of making people behave in peculiar ways.
The stories behind national pennants can be inspiring, intriguing and often give an insight into the culture and history of the country.
We're all about raising standards and we think some of the tales behind these patriotic pennants are worth saluting.
What flags do you love and why? Leave a comment.
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Say what you like about over-polite Canadians, at least they've managed to ditch the Union flag of their former British overlords.
Canadian leaders debated furiously before finally adopting the resplendent red maple leaf in 1965, an ensign pointedly free of colonial images.
Good thing they did, because it gives Americans and Brits a useful flag to slap on their backpacks to stop people hating them.
One original proposal, rejected by parliament, featured blue stripes and a
maple trefoil
that almost completely failed to resemble a
cannabis leaf.
What to say
: "The Canadian flag has saved my bacon a few times."
Flag it u
is birthplace of the flag. Main attraction? Possibly the U.S. border 15 miles away.
MORE: How to pretend you're a Canadian when you travel
Square flags are for squares.
As the only country with an ensign that doesn't have four 90-degree corners, Nepal is in a league of its own.
Its double triangle design symbolizes the mighty peaks of the Himalayas where foreign mountaineers have planted so many other national flags.
The sun and moon symbols represent calmness and resolve -- character traits needed to tolerate the Everest-sized egos of those flag-planting foreign mountaineers.
What to say
: "Nepal's 1962 design marked a new a pinnacle for world flags."
Flag it up
: You can plan a flag-planting exercise of your own via
Nepal's trekking agencies
MORE: Himalaya girl power: Nepal treks by women, for women
Few flags evoke the nation they represent as well as Greece's.
A flag that complements its environs.
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The blue stripes conjure the cobalt summer skies and azure seas that annually lure millions of vacationers; the white recalls spotless coastal buildings dotting its beautiful coastline.
The nine stripes are said to represent ancient muses or possibly the number of syllables in the battle cry "eleftheria i thanatos," meaning "freedom or death," used in wars against the Ottomans.
What to say
: "Tentative signs of a recent economic recovery are a good excuse to wave the flag."
Flag it up
: On the gorgeous
Cyclades islands
the buildings wear the national colors with pride.
MORE: Which Greek island is right for you?
At first glance, Bhutan's flag appears to bear the image of a dragon on wheels.
The reality isn't much less exciting.
The beast in question is Druk, a thunder dragon of Bhutanese Buddhist mythology. Rather than riding on castors, he is in fact clutching a spherical jewel in each claw.
As flag stories go, this one isn't bad either.
The dragon is said to symbolize the origins of religious teachings on which Bhutan was founded.
Drukpa Buddhism was so named by its 12th-century founder, Tsangpa Gyare Yeshey Dorji, because he heard the thunderous sounds of dragons while hunting for a monastery site in Tibet.
What to say
: "Vacations are never a drag-on this side of the Himalayas."
Flag it up
: It'll cost you a dragon's hoard of silver to travel there, but this
isolated kingdom
is worth it.
MORE: 5 reasons Bhutan is worth the $250 daily fee
United States
Poor Old Glory. Those starry spangles and candy stripes have become a teensy bit overexposed thanks to recent American ventures in overseas troublespots.
This is a shame as the modern incarnation of Betsy Ross's purported creation is an oft-imitated design of which Americans are rightly proud.
So proud in fact, it's one of the only flags to have a National Anthem ("The Star-spangled Banner") written specifically about it.
What to say
: Oh long may it wave.
Flag it up
: Don't get into a flap about whether she designed it or not, just visit
Betsy Ross's home
in Philadelphia.
Given Brazil's skills on the pitch, you'd be forgiven for thinking its flag symbolizes a blue soccer ball being booted into space from a grassy stadium.
It doesn't.
Less excitingly, the green harks back to Portuguese colonial-era royalty, while the slice of night sky represents, even more prosaically, federal regions.
It's still a much-loved design, even among non-Brazilians.
What to say
: "Brazil's success in securing the upcoming soccer World Cup and Olympics justify the flag's 'ordem e progresso' (order and progress) slogan."
Flag it up
: You can take your own flag to Brazil for next year's
soccer World Cup Finals
MORE: 8 great Brazil beaches
The simplicity of the Indonesian flag belies an interesting tale (if true).
The story goes that as they were shaking off the shackles of Dutch colonial invaders, Indonesian freedom fighters created their flag by tearing the blue strip off a Dutch tricolor.
Another version claims the flag's colors are derived from those representing the archipelago's 14th century Majapahit Empire.
Either way, it excuses the fact it resembles an upside-down Polish flag.
What to say
: "Indonesians know how to tear a strip off oppressors."
Flag it up
: Surabaya's
luxury Hotel Majapahit
is supposedly the scene of the flag-tearing incident.
MORE: 40 essential Indonesian dishes
Mozambique's flag features a gun!
With a book, a hoe and a gun, Mozambique's flag covers a lot of bases.
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Yes, there's a book, symbolizing education, and, yes, there's a hoe symbolizing agriculture.
But there's also an AK-47 assault rifle symbolizing the country's bloody struggle for independence.
The only national flag bearing a firearm, it's the subject of intense debate in the now largely peaceful country.
Many there feel it's time to ditch the weapon.
What to say
: "The economy is booming, not the guns."
Flag it u
p: Mozambique's flag carrying LAM Airlines is
banned in the EU
MORE: How Mozambique became a tourist hot spot
Given that it's so widely displayed on ships using the country's emblem as a flag of convenience, it's fascinating to see what they almost used.
This rather alarming
alternative version
, designed by Frenchman Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla, is meant to resemble the country's famous canal.
Thankfully, then-president Manuel Amador Guerrero rejected it and hired his son to produce the current ensign, adopted in 1925.
The colors represent the country's main political parties.
What to say
: "The alternative flag would have been a danger to shipping."
Flag it up
: You can board the Panama-registered
Carnival Breeze
for a quiet cruise -- just you and 3,689 other passengers.
MORE: Live large, pay small in Panama City
Granted home rule from Denmark in 1978, Greenlanders decided they needed something new to fly above their frosty territories.
The result, adopted in 1985, is both an exercise in classically minimalist Scandinavian design, and a bold departure from other flags favored by Nordic nations.
Many in Greenland had hoped to emulate Denmark and its neighbors by using a Christian cross -- preferably white on green -- but from 555 submitted designs, a committee instead chose a red and white split circle on a contrasting background.
The symbolism isn't too hard to read: a red sun sinking down into snow and ice.
What to say
: "Let's hope global warming doesn't necessitate a redesign."
Flag it up
: You can witness Greenland's
fantastic sunsets for yourself
MORE: World's 10 toughest endurance challenges
United Kingdom
The UK's Union Flag has long lived a double life, serving both as national emblem and an erstwhile fashion icon -- although its associations with the Swinging Sixties are these days just as likely to bring to mind Austin Powers' underwear.
Flag becomes fashion.
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The flag itself is an exercise in nation building, originally combining the blue and white saltire of Scotland's patron Saint Andrew and the red cross on white of England's Saint George when the two countries united in the 18th century.
The red diagonal cross of Ireland's Saint Patrick was added later.
Of course, all this could change again if Scottish people vote for independence in a referendum scheduled for 2014.
In which case, perhaps Wales might finally get a mention.
What to say
: "Groovy, baby!"
Flag it up
: The Union flags may not be so prominent these days, but London's
Carnaby Street
is still a swinging center for fashion.
MORE: 50 reasons London is the world's greatest city
Which flag do you think has the best design? The most boring? Share
our opinion in the comments.
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Powerball approaches third-largest jackpot
$360 million jackpot expected for Wednesday
After weeks of rolling without a winner, the Powerball jackpot has once again ballooned in time for its Wednesday drawing, an estimated $360 million jackpot considered the third largest Powerball jackpot and the seventh largest jackpot in history.
Lottery officials expect jackpot totals of this size to continue to climb in shorter amounts of time, thanks in part to a game redesign in January 2012 that increased the odds of winning some kind of prize, but also lowered the possible number combinations to win the Powerball.
Between that and the "cross-selling" of Powerball and Mega Millions tickets that began in January 2010, large jackpots will continue to surpass all-time jackpot records set years ago, said Mary Neubauer, spokeswoman for the Iowa Lottery. Iowa is one of the founding Powerball states.
"It usually took a handful of months, if not several months, for a jackpot to reach this large amount," she said. "Now it's achieving that within a handful of weeks. I think the redesign is achieving exactly what we had wanted it to achieve, which is the bigger, faster-growing jackpot."
The redesign means players don't necessarily have to strike big to get lucky. A $1 increase and new $1 million and $2 million prizes means the odds of winning something have increased. Just last Saturday, there was no Powerball jackpot winner, but more than a dozen tickets won $1 million prizes in 10 states.
In fact, more than half of the all-time jackpot records have been reached in the last three years. The top two all-time jackpots - $656 million from a Mega Millions jackpot and $587.5 million from a Powerball jackpot - were achieved in 2012.
The last major jackpot win came when a New Jersey man won a $338.3 million jackpot on March 23. It is now considered the fourth largest Powerball jackpot in history.

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(a) method to (one's) madness(redirected from a method to her madness)
(a) method to (one's) madness
A specific, rational purpose in what one is doing or planning, even though it may appear crazy or absurd to another person. Usually used in the phrase "have/there is (a) method to (one's) madness." You may have method to your madness, but these radical changes to the business could still prove catastrophic. I know you don't understand my motivation for this decision, but after the dust settles you'll see that there is a method to my madness.
method to one's madness
Do things in an unorthodox fashion, yet nevertheless achieve the intended result. Yet again Shakespeare's Hamlet provided a phrase that was picked up and used through the ages. Having observed Hamlet rave on in what appeared to be senseless sentences, Polonious makes a comment that turns out to be true: "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't." Under less dramatic circumstances, the phrase applies to getting the right outcome by what seems to be the wrong method, and we've all done that.


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As she kicked off the U.S. leg of her "MDNA Tour" in Philadelphia, Madonna said she was happy to party in the USA after touring Europe for three months.
The pop icon told the crowd Tuesday night they should "never forget how lucky you are to live where you live and to have the freedom that you have." She made the comments after talking about punk-rock group Pussy Riot's recent arrest in Moscow for the female band's lyrical content about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Madonna said it was no coincidence that she opened her U.S. tour "where the Declaration of Independence was signed." Then the 53-year-old yelled: "We are in the land of democracy."
She also told the crowd, "Don't get fat and lazy and take that freedom for granted."
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How nice it is to be able to serve a vegan entrée that makes people say WOW! That wonderful compliment came my way very recently at a luncheon attended by 80 non-vegetarians.
The luncheon was held at a very large hotel and conference center. When offered the entrée choices of Rosemary Sage Chicken with Piccata Sauce, Roast Salmon with Red Wine Sauce, or Vegan Walnut Stuffed Eggplant, 21 of the 80 people attending chose the eggplant dish–one of my very favorite recipes from The Nut Gourmet, my cookbook that was published in 2006 and is still in print. Especially rewarding was the lively applause when the chairwoman announced the entrée was my recipe.
I really wanted to thank the chef for accepting my recipe and preparing the eggplant entrée. I asked if was possible to speak to the chef. It seemed rather unusual for the chef at large hotel to even be willing to prepare a recipe from a patron. Within a few minutes, the chef came out with a smile. Desi Szonntagh is the executive chef at the hotel. After we chatted a bit, he said he really liked the recipe and felt it was a good idea to introduce his kitchen staff to something unique. He also appreciated the opportunity to experience something vegan that was not just pasta with vegetables.
If you have family members who really love eggplant, and you serve this delicious entrée, better get ready to receive a few WOWs of appreciation. I have no doubt you'll agree this is one very killer delicious dish!
This recipe is a hearty Mediterranean dish with Greek ancestry and is pure heaven to walnut and eggplant lovers. Its exceptional flavor comes from the combination of cinnamon, tomato paste, and capers. Because the stuffed eggplant is so special, I keep the rest of the meal simple with stir-fried or steamed vegetables, bulgur wheat in place of a rice dish, and a tossed salad.
Yield: 4 hearty servings.
2 (1-pound) eggplants
Extra virgin olive oil
1/2 pound tomatoes, chopped
1/4 pound cremini or button mushrooms, sliced
1 cup chopped onions
4 large cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Freshly ground black pepper
1 cup raw walnuts, divided
1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste
3 heaping tablespoons capers, well drained
2 to 3 small ripe tomatoes, sliced
- Cut the eggplants in half lengthwise, slicing through the stem end. Using a curved, serrated grapefruit knife, scoop out the flesh, leaving a 1/4-inch shell, and coarsely chop the flesh. Put the chopped eggplant into a large, deep skillet or flat-bottom wok.
- Rub the inside of the eggplant shells with a small amount of olive oil and place them on a baking sheet. Place the eggplant shells under the broiler, and broil them 3 inches from the heat source for 5 to 10 minutes, until fork-tender. Watch carefully to prevent burning. Remove the eggplant shells from the broiler and set them aside.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Add the chopped tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, garlic, olive oil, salt, cinnamon, and pepper to the skillet with the chopped eggplant, and cook and stir for 7 to 10 minutes, until the vegetables are tender.
- Coarsely grind the walnuts in a hand-crank nut mill and add 2/3 cup to the skillet along with the tomato paste and capers. Mix well.
- Fill the eggplant shells with the vegetable mixture and sprinkle the tops with the remaining 1/3 cup coarsely ground walnuts. Top with the tomato slices. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, and bake uncovered for 25 to 35 minutes.


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Prepare yourselves for another Battle Royal between the Bose Haterz and the People Who Like Bose. The QC3 Noise-Cancelling headphones are an interesting mix of Bose fidelity and excellent noise-cancelling circuitry.
Priced at $349, the headphones are considerably smaller than the QC2 they're replacing. About 3 inches in diameter, they're clad in a nice alloy and have a built-in rechargeable battery and removable audio cable that can double as cellphone headphones. The ear cups are soft and tender, clad in faux leather.
Sound quality was quite good. They "simulated" an 85-decibel plane noise and played a little Dave Matthews Band—I know! Can you believe it!—and the bass response was quite impressive for the size. The front end of the audio, aside from nice isolated stereo, was a bit murky but considerably more impressive than any earbuds or even some lesser noise reducers we've used. The noise reduction itself was very impressive. You can even wear them as a pair of earplugs.
Overall, during our brief encounter, I would say these headphones are worth the premium price point. The 20-hour rechargeable battery alone is a nice touch and they're a considerable upgrade from the QC2. It drops June 15, 2006.
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The Shroomshop: Mushroom Cultivation for Beginners
The Shroomshop keeps selling out. It seems you folk really wanna know how to cultivate mushrooms! We are pleased to say that Darren is returning for some more fungi fun.
Mushrooms have been growing wild since prehistoric times. Their therapeutic value has been prized in indigenous cultures, for thousands of years. They play a critical role in medicinal practice and were noted in some of the first books on herbal medicine written thousands of years ago
In the past few decades, mushrooms have become more popular for their therapeutic qualities in the west as a result of an expanding body of scientific research supporting their numerous health benefits.
Come and learn the basics of mushroom cultivation, explore various techniques for growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms such as Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake and many other strains of mushrooms.
This will be a hands on experience we will cover everything you need to know to get you started.
What will we cover?
What are Mushrooms?
How do Mushrooms grow?
How do you grow Mushrooms at home?
Mushroom Aftercare
How to make and use Spore Prints, Spawn & Spore Syringes
Where to get everything?
Each participant will leave with an inoculated mushroom growing jar, handouts and a "How To Do It" CD-ROM (video / eBook bundle).
Darren Springer will lead the workshop. He's a keen mushroom grower and teacher, for the last seven years he has been growing edible mushrooms. He is Horticulture and Food Enterprise worker and tutor for and has translated his home growing experience into a commercial experiment. In this workshop Darren shares his practical tips and experience to help you successfully grow mushrooms at home.
Doors open: 6:30pm
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these simple rustic linen lampshades would really set the tone for a home that you want to give a natural, comfortable and cozy feel. pictured above is the lampade bigger by orietta marcon, but remodelista has turned this idea into a diy project, so that with a few simple supplies we can make them ourselves! their wrinkled shades and earth tone colors really make them stand out as unique pieces. in this house, i envision antique furniture, cozy nooks and comfortable seating areas- and maybe even some cute wooly sheep out the window!
at night, they give off a warm, rustic and romantic light. i think a smaller version would also be beautiful hung over a dining room table, or reading nook. head on over to remodelista for the diy instructions!


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January 4, 2011 – Education Reforms Would Allow Best and Brightest Managers to Be Hired As Superintendents in Failing Public Schools
For Immediate Release:
Contact: Alan Guenther, Director
Date: Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Trenton, NJ - Woodrow Wilson served as president of Princeton University and the United States, but under current state law, he couldn't be a school superintendent in a failing New Jersey public school. Although Albert Einstein taught at Princeton, New Jersey laws would stop him from leading schools in the City of Newark.
People with talent, vision and a proven record of success are currently denied the chance to be hired as superintendents in New Jersey public schools because of restrictive laws governing the superintendent certification process. That's why the Christie Administration is asking the State Board of Education to consider and approve new regulations that would allow the best and brightest people to help revitalize schools where at least 50 percent of the children are failing state achievement tests.
"It's important that New Jersey public schools recruit and hire the most experienced, talented managers possible," said Governor Christie. "In large, state-run districts, or in schools that have failed our children for generations, we especially need leaders who know how to manage thousands of employees in districts that spend hundreds of millions in tax dollars."
New revisions to the superintendent certification process proposed by the Christie Administration will provide greater flexibility to recruit the most talented and best prepared individuals to lead New Jersey's school districts. Under the plan, individual superintendent candidates in certain districts would need a Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college and a review by the Commissioner of Education to determine whether the candidate has sufficient work experience to lead a school district.
"Good candidates are discouraged from applying to be school superintendents because New Jersey's regulations are unnecessarily burdensome," said acting Commissioner Rochelle Hendricks. "We need to open the doors of our public schools and let successful people with proven track records help us reform and rebuild schools where strong leadership and new ideas are needed the most."
After a review by the Commissioner of Education, the superintendent candidate would be given a provisional license and allowed to begin work immediately with guidance from a state-approved mentor. After passing three performance reviews in one year, and with recommendation from the mentor, the superintendent would be eligible for standard certification.
Superintendents could be hired through this alternate route method for certification if they worked in one of the state's 57 districts that need improvement, according to federal requirements. They would also qualify for alternate route certification in any state-run district, or in any district where at least 50 percent of the fourth, eighth, or 11th-grade students have failed state tests for the last two years for either language arts or mathematics.
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Good Magazine has a nice profile of for-profit chain Vittra's newest school, with the headline "Is Sweden's Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning?"
What they don't mention is that Sweden has had state-funded school choice since 1992 that allows for-profit companies to create and manage schools. Vittra, for instance, is 100% owned by Bure Equity, an investment company with investments in communications, textiles, training, and education.
Imagine the uproar if school choice advocates in the U.S. claimed that we should allow private equity firms to create and run schools using government funds in order to allow for educational options that were more creative? Any school choice advocate crazy enough to make such a claim would be ridiculed on both the right and the left. And yet truth is often stranger than fiction, and precisely such an outcome has taken place as a result of school choice in Sweden.


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Hello quilting friends! We are Quilted Works and we are so excited to be sharing our very first Moda Bake Shop project! Today we are sharing with you a fast and easy tutorial for creating hour glass blocks using a Layer Cake. We had so much fun creating this quilt and know that you will all love it.
(Old Glory Gatherings by Primitive Gatherings)
- 2 Layer Cakes
- 1/2 Yard Inner Border – 1040-39G (RED)
- 1 3/4 Yard Outer Border – 1077-19 (BLUE)
- 5 3/4 Yards Backing Fabric
- 3/4 Yard Binding – 1040-43G (NAVY)
Begin by separating the Layer Cakes into LIGHTS (all the beiges) and DARKS (all the reds & blues)
Select one DARK and one LIGHT fabric square and place them with right sides together. Pin all sides.
Next we will be cutting the squares into 8 pieces. Place your square onto the cutting board. Do not reposition your square after making any of the cuts. First, cut diagonally both ways (from corner to corner), then cut vertically and horizontally at 5″.
This is what your pieces will look like:
Mix up all your pieces and then re-pair them together with one BLUE piece and one RED piece.
Match the center of them together, pin, and sew 1/4″ seam.
Now you have a finished "Hour Glass" block! It should measure 6 1/4″ and will end up being 5 3/4″ finished.
Repeat this process until you have created all the hour glass blocks.
Now we are ready to start laying out our blocks and forming rows. Make sure to rotate every other block 90°. Arrange the blocks until you are happy with the color placements.
Sew together in rows, making sure to pin well so that everything is lined up perfectly.
This quilt is 11 blocks across and 13 rows down.
Attach the borders.
INNER Border: cut 7 – 2″ strips from the RED fabric. Attach sides first, then top and bottom.
OUTER border: cut 7 – 6 1/2″ strips from the BLUE fabric. Attach sides first, then top and bottom.
Baste, Quilt and Bind your quilt as desired!
Finished Quilt Size is approximately 81″ x 92″.
We hope that you'll come visit us at www.quiltedworks.com. If you create a quilt using this tutorial, we would love to see it – be sure to link up to the Flickr Group here. Kits for this Moda Bake Shop project can be purchased on our website and will be eligible for free U.S. shipping! We have loved sharing our first project with you and hope to have many more to share.


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Baltimore has the mojo when it comes to getting to Super Bowl XLVII.
The online travel agency Orbitz.com reports that as of this week, 108 percent more Ravens fans than San Francisco fans are planning trips to New Orleans next week.
Bookings at the website show Baltimore is the top originating city for round-trip flights to New Orleans for Super Bowl weekend. It is followed by the cities of New York, San Francisco, Newark and Los Angeles.
Ravens fans are traveling at a rate of 2-to-1 compared with 49er fans, Orbitz.com reported.
The website's ranking is calculated based on bookings for Washington and Baltimore airports, as well as San Francisco and Oakland airports.
The average round-trip ticket price to New Orleans from Baltimore is $1,188, according to Orbitz.com.
Orbitz.com has created a special site for travelers to the Super Bowl. It includes information on flights, hotels and more.
According to the site, hotels in downtown New Orleans are sold out, but that rooms remain in nearby cities, including Covington and La Place. Both are about 45 minutes away from the action. Rates are averaging about $350 per night.
Orbitz is also seeing rooms even further away along the Gulf Coast beginning to fill. Overnight rates there are starting at about $350 for casino hotels and $120 for non-casino hotels.
Baltimore has the mojo when it comes to getting to Super Bowl XLVII.


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If you're as old as I am you have reason to be skeptical about comets. Comet Kohoutek in 1973 and the much anticipated return of Comet Halley in 1986 both failed to live up to their potential. But ISON may yet redeem the genre and prove spectacular:
Discovery News — NASA's Mars Curiosity rover also may get a look when the comet sails past the red planet in early October.
The comet's journey likely started in the Oort Cloud, a cluster of icy rocks that circle the sun about 50,000 times farther away than Earth's orbit. Comet ISON is expected to pass as close as 700,000 miles, or 1.1 million kilometers, from the sun on Nov. 28.
If it survives, the comet could be the brightest to appear in Earth's skies since 1965 and could even be visible in daylight.
Kohoutek was a long period comet thought to visiting the inner solar system for the first time. It was believed the tiny rocky nucleus would be encased in volatile ices that had never been heated and thus there would be enormous amounts of material available to form a glowing tail. For some reason it did not produce the hoped for effect. Comet Halley is a short period comet that visits about every 76 years. But in 1986 its orbit traced out a path far away from earth during the period of greatest brightness.
I still haven't seen an orbit for ISON and it may be the same spectacular comet that appeared 300 years ago. But skywatchers say it will be less than a million miles from the sun's surface at closest approach, plenty of time for surface ices to boil off even if they are under a thin layer of insulating substances. In fact the biggest threat to ISON is it will calve into pieces or disintegrate completely before making its way back into the dark distant depths in which it spends the vast majority of its life.


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We had the opportunity to catch up with Theresa O'Neil, SVP marketing, PowerReviews after meeting her at Chicago Social Media Week where she spoke about the power of reviews.
Tell us a little something about yourself and PowerReviews?
I worked in enterprise B2B software and later started my own marketing consulting company. I met Matt Moog—CEO of PowerReviews—as he was about to relaunch the company in 2014. I love what I do, which ranges from our go-to-market approach, to working with ecommerce executives from large and small companies. Our mission at PowerReviews is to unify and amplify the voice of the consumer throughout their journey, across all channels, to help consumers make better purchase decisions. In turn that helps companies drive sales and improve products and services.
What are three things a CPG company should consider?
First of all, make reviews part of your launch plans. Consumer packaged goods companies lead in new product development. But they need to ensure they have review coverage, not only on their own sites, but also a network of review sites and the retailers that carry their products. I'm seeing more companies include a reward—which could be loyalty points, a sample or sweepstakes entry—for a consumer review. That really works.
Secondly, use real consumer reviews in your ad strategy. When consumers see others like themselves using the product, that brings in an element of trust and likeness. A company that does this really well is Duluth Trading Co. (Duluth's men's longtail short sleeve tshirt has 7,300 reviews). A study by Northwestern University found that even with a high price in a low price category, a review can significantly increase the impact on that item.
Lastly, I'm seeing more in-store activity. Look at Amazon's physical store, Amazon Books, in Seattle. Reviews play a huge part in their promotion. Packaged goods companies can make their products stand out with a star system or scan to a new page with feedback. More reviews are being read and written on mobile devices.
How can companies use reviews effectively?
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This achievement is earned by leaving each of the 3 Elder elemental bosses still alive when you engage Freya. Each of them grants her an additional power that makes the Freya fight much more difficult. You must still face 6 waves of the three types of add spawns, and there's still a major sigh of relief once you reach the end of the add spawns, but overall this fight is far more difficult and intensive for your whole raid.
Our MT and our warlock each frapsed it so you have choices on perspective: the prot pallie's video can be downloaded from filefront, while our warlock's is embedded below from YouTube (and may or may not be muted :( ).
Raid Makeup:
On our kill, we used:
- Prot Pally
- Resto Druid
- Holy Pally (with Aura Mastery)
- Holy Priest
- Fury Warr
- Ret Pally
- Feral Druid
- Frost DK
- Surv Hunter
- Destro Warlock
New Abilities
These are the powers Freya has gained over normal mode.
- Freya: +60% magical damage, +75% physical damage
- Adds: +60% magical damage, +50% physical damage
- Unstable Energy: don't go sunbathing here. These sunbeams are big and bright and can be easily moved out of, so make sure to watch out for them around all the raid's own AoE.
- Ground Tremor: raid-wide AoE that will also interrupt any spell being cast. It will eat a chunk of every player's health and spell-lock anyone too slow to cancel their casts as it goes off.
- Strengthened Iron Roots: these roots make druids jealous. They will root the target in place and do massive damage; they must be destroyed by DPS to free the player. Targeting macros can be made with "Strengthened Iron Roots," and "Iron Roots" can be added as a watchable debuff on your raid frames.
P1: Adds
The spawn order of the packs is semi-random, just like Freya easy-mode. The first 3 spawns will be each of the 3 packs in any order, and the second 3 spawns will be a second wave of each of the 3 packs in any order. Thus, you will always see each type of spawn twice, and can usually guess which the third and sixth waves will be by process of elimination.
Ancient Conservator:
Mushrooms: All DPS should halt immediately and move to the safety of nearby mushrooms; melee should follow the tank, and healers should do their best to run to a mushroom within range of the tank's chosen mushroom. Avoid clustering too many people at one mushroom, as it will doom you to more damage if any of those players are hit with Nature's Fury or Unstable Energy. The raid leader can, at the start of this spawn, call out "Mushrooms!" as a reminder to healers who may be otherwise busily Gridlocked on their raid frames (it is a very healing-intensive fight!). As with normal mode, being out of range of the mushrooms or an Eonar's Gift will prevent the player from being able to attack or cast spells.
Wait until the MT is comfortably in place at her mushroom before beginning dps. A hunter can quickly misdirect the conservator to the MT upon its spawn, but both the tank and the hunter will still need to find a mushroom in order to really establish threat. Freya can easily wipe out a DPS who begins too quickly and gets aggro.
- Ranged DPS: You will be responsible for almost every Eonar's Gift tree that spawns during this add wave, so be sure to keep an eye out for them. You should also be dpsing any Strengthened Iron Roots that are cast during this phase, as the melee will have limited mobility in assisting this. Remember to stop casting when Ground Tremor goes off. Keep a constant eye on the growth of your mushroom and any new mushrooms growing nearby, as you will need to hop from mushroom to mushroom as they grow and die. If you get Nature's Fury on you, the most important thing is to run away from any players you may be hitting with it! Being in range to DPS the conservator is of less importance than making sure you aren't hurting the other players nearby, so if there are no free mushrooms, just run out in the clear spaces without them, as long as you are in range of healers. Also bear in mind that if a healer gets Nature's Fury while you're sharing a mushroom with them, it would be better if you moved away and left the healer to the mushroom by themselves, because silenced healers result in dead tanks.
- Melee DPS: As you will have limited mobility, you will be mostly focused upon the Conservator as you share a mushroom with the MT. It is of utmost importance that if you get Nature's Fury on you, or if the tank gets Nature's Fury, that you run away. You can sit out where there are no mushrooms if you have the lightening on you, as long as you are still in range of the healers. Otherwise, if there are any Strengthened Iron Roots or Eonar's Gifts spawning in range of your melee attacks while you are under cover of a mushroom (or Eonar's Gift), take them out quickly then return to dpsing the Conservator.
- Healers: HoTs on the MT will help a lot as you and the other healers find yourselves a safe mushroom. If at all possible, select a mushroom that is within range of the tank but not being shared by other players, to reduce the impacts of a sudden Nature's Fury. If you get Nature's Fury on you and have no other mushrooms to run to, use your judgement based on the number of other healers sharing your mushroom: if it's just dps, tell them to go away and leave the mushroom to you :) The important thing is to keep healers and the tank alive and unsilenced, so healers have priority on mushrooms! Keep a constant eye on the growth of your mushroom and any new mushrooms growing nearby, as you will need to hop from mushroom to mushroom while the dps works down the conservator.
The Trio:
This pack can instantly wipe out a player who is caught near them as they spawn. There is no real difference here from the normal-mode, except that they deal far more damage than before, so all players must be especially aware of staying out of range of the Snaplasher (once it is rooted), and interrupts should be on the Stormlasher. Our lock died on the kill because of doing a flying-tackle-hug into the Snaplasher ;) He's not gonna live that one down for a while. <3
Detonating Lashers:
This is the group that gave my guild the most trouble.
When they spawn, the entire raid should move in on Freya, circling the area in a small ring with the lashers in the middle. The ring should be about the size of the typical AoE attack, so that all AoE can readily hit the lashers evenly. You don't want to be too close together, or the sun beams will make short work of your group. The raid leader can call out when a sun beam forms, so that DPS can note it and move away from it, rather than mistake it for friendly AoE.
Once the Lashers are AoE'd down to around 20% HP, DPS needs to STOP and the group needs to spread out. At this point, there should be a cooldown timer up on your boss mods regarding the next Ground Tremor: wait for it to cast, and then wait for the healers to catch up on raid heals. Only then should your DPS be allowed to continue: they then pick a single target of their own and dps it down. When the Ground Tremor cooldown is up, all DPS should STOP again and wait for the healers' "all clear" signal before continueing again.
It is your own DPS that can wipe the raid on this pack.
- Ranged DPS: will be in charge of killing any Eonar's Gifts that spawn away from the group during this pack, while melee can easily take care of any Strengthened Iron Roots. Stop all AoE when the lashers reach about 20%, then spread out so that you don't take all of the detonations when the lashers begin to die. Wait for ground tremor to be safely out of the way and for the raid to be moderately healed up before beginning single-target dps on a lasher of your own choosing. If at any time you hear a stop/hold on DPS, then STOP.
- Melee DPS: you will likely be in charge of killing any Strengthened Iron Roots that spawn in the group during this add wave. Stop all AoE when the lashers reach about 20%, then spread out so that you don't take all of the detonations when the lashers begin to die. Wait for ground tremor to be safely out of the way and healed up before beginning single-target dps on a lasher of your own choosing. If at any time you hear a stop/hold on DPS, then STOP. If you have a taunt/death grip, you can use it to pull a near-death lasher away from a healer or other squishy before it explodes. Avoid clustering too closely with other melee while killing lashers.
- Healers: call out for DPS to stop if any players are near death. This add pack is the easiest to wipe to, and wipes are by your raids' own hands and claws. The Ground Tremors just complicate things all the more. Move out of sunbeams, call out if you have roots on you, and move away from the pack when the lashers reach about 20% health and the dps starts single-targeting them. HoT up as many people as possible.
|Holy Pallies: akin to Vezax hardmode, you may want to pop Divine Shield and then use Divine Sacrifice on the raid (holy pallies may want to thus pick up Divine Guardian in their spec for this fight). If there are multiple pallies available to do this, then one can use their sac on the first lasher pack, and then the second on the next lasher pack. Also, if your raid is having particular difficulty with this add pack, you can spec into Aura Mastery to add a click-use buff for your FR aura.
|Resto Druids: Keep rejuvs and WG rolling as much as possible, and use swiftmend/NS+HT to quickly pop someone up who is close to death. Keep regrowth and a lifebloom or two running on the MT, as they will still be tanking Freya.
P2: Just Keep Killin'
Grats, you're almost out of the woods now! Just like in easy mode, most of the trouble stops once the 6th wave of adds has been defeated. Kite Freya to move the raid out of the exploding cabbages, stay out of the sun beams of unstable energy, free those caught in the strengthened iron roots, and stop casting when ground tremor is about to cast. Compared to juggling all of this when there were adds up, this is a victory lap.
At about 1%, Freya is once again knocked to her senses, and she will gift you with extra goodies for not killing her Elder buddies.
"I'm just going to keep kiting, kiting, oh hey a tree.... SWEET, I FOUND A TREASURE CHEST UNDER THE TREE!!!! Were we fighting something?... meh"


text: Holly O'Doherty volunteers in Uganda 2019! Donate I've signed up to the Gorilla Trek with the charity, East African Playgrounds to raise £2,000 to help bring the gift of play to the children of Uganda. I will be going on the Uganda trek to find the last remaining Silverback Mountain Gorilla's as well as living and working within a local community to build a playgrounds for a school.A playground is a classroom in disguise, children don't know they are learning, they don't feel like they are learning, but really they are taking in the whole world whilst playing with their friends. I want to give this gift to the children of Uganda, can you please help by donating towards my fundraising.A breakdown of where the costs go can be found at https://www.eastafricanplaygrounds.org/gorilla-trek-details Holly ODoherty


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In the year 2017 our post post modern culture is clearly one of disposability. We have disposable cups, plates, razors,pens,electronics,etc. etc….ad nauseum. Nothing lasts anymore does it? We realize nothing lasts forever, right? Including our relationships. This is so well seen by the U.S. divorce rate being over 50% for decades. And the saddest "product" of our disposable culture are babies, our own offspring, our young ones.
The Guttmacher Institutes' latest available abortion statistics are from 2014. In that year approximately 926,200 surgical abortions were performed in the U.S. Thankfully this number was slightly down from 2011, when the number was 1.06 million. And last year Planned Parenthood alone performed 329,000 surgical abortions. These numbers are staggering and don't include fetal death by other abortifacents such as Plan B/ the abortion pill. As you see, we as a nation, have disposed of our future.
Well, never to worry…Let's think about Recycling. We recycle right? Environmentally conscious Americans recycle! Well, guess what? Planned Parenthood recycles too! How? Well they sell off the "fetal tissue" or what I call baby parts for research. Isn't that great? They are RECYCLING! How wonderful, right? All those dead babies don't have to be stored in jars, buried, or incinerated. Instead they can be kept alive until it's time for their most valuable parts i.e. eyes, livers, brains, hearts- to be sold to the highest bidder. And this is good, right? This "tissue" can be used for stem cells, to cultivate new drugs, and life-saving therapies! NO, wrong, the Word of God says a blessing cannot come from a curse. And abortion is perhaps the biggest curse on our land since the passage of Roe V. Wade in 1973.
A curse you say? That is superstitious thinking or the bible is "old fashioned". We have moved past all that mumbo jumbo… We are people of reason, knowledge, science. Yes, in many ways we have advanced technologically, scientifically, educationally. But we have forsaken WISDOM and GODLY KNOWLEDGE and TRUTH. You may think Truth is subjective, but the Creator does not. There is but one Truth not many….It's not "my truth" or "your truth". God, the Creator is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). When He said to Egypt in Joel 3:19- "Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood." Is He not the same today? Don't you see it happening already? The desolation is upon us. Our land is polluted! Our hearts are polluted! We are all guilty of the blood of the innocents killed via abortion on demand! Forty-four years of an unending holocaust in America!
What can be done? Do you want to know? Do you care? You should want to be informed because the blood is upon your hands though you think, "I personally didn't commit an abortion." You stood silent as all this happened around you. Maybe even to your wife, girlfriend, mother, sister, neighbor. And btw what have you done to stand against abortion?
Well it's not a baby anyhow, it's just a clump of cells! Well so were we all! The bible says in Psalm 139: 13-16- "For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knows right well. 15 My substance was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Your eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in your book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them."
Quantum Theory has proven the Bible, folks. Science has reinforced the truth of the Word. God called all things in to this dimension. He spoke the word and it was created (Genesis 1:3/ Hebrews 11:3). That means you and me and all the things/ people on this Earth including the Earth and Universe(s). God is Bigger than anything / anyone you can think or imagine. He is a Good God and merciful. He is willing to Cleanse us all from abortion and all sin and unrighteousness.
What must we do to be saved from certain Judgement? REPENT. What is that? To repent means to TURN from your unrighteous sinful ways i.e. behaviors, thoughts, heart attitudes. You cannot do it alone. And that is why our wonderful and loving God gave us a means unto repentance- The man Christ Jesus!
You cannot earn your way to a satisfactory Eternity (and yes Eternity is real/ again reference Quantum Mechanics/ Theory). No one is good, no not one (Romans 3:10). One must be born again, not of flesh, not of man, but of the Spirit of God (John 3:5).
Admit your falling short (sin) even one lie….Turn to Jesus….pray ( through a mustard seed of faith-given to all persons (Luke 17:6). Begin to read God's Word the Bible. I recommend starting with John, then Romans, and the other Gospels i.e. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Talk to God through prayer, just like you'd talk to a friend. There is nothing mandatory or special about it…Just talk to Him. He sees your need and He hears. You will begin to see a New Life (2 Corinthians 5:17).
And in your praying, let us all pray to END ABORTION.
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White people are a disease. With a history of deception, genocide, rape, the conquering and stealing of countries that didn't belong to you, the provoking of countries to go to war, funding warfare, destroying of important human history, the development of A.I.D.S. to kill off Africans, the creation of crack cocaine to destroy African american's Melanin,(not to mention their very lives), all whites deserve all this returned unto them according to Universal Karma.
And, the list goes on and on and on! White people you are a dying breed, the sun & the Yakub Muslim Melanoma Executions are killing you and theres not a god damn thing you can do about it. Your Chemtrails won't save you nor will your pathetic synthetic melanins and sunscreens! LOL!
Tyrant white men control everything, white girls (i say girls because women implies that they're mature and posses a developed personality) are impassive and death-defyingly bent on beauty. THERES NOTHING PROUD ABOUT BEING WHITE…Pretentious, hateful, deluding, the inability to feel for other races, manipulative, untrustworthy, bent on world domination. Down right horrible people.
You bitch all day about Blacks and Latino's being violent,lazy and uneducated. FYI you made it that way and it's a world-wide scheme to maintain they're downfall- subjected to poverty, hunger, zero privacy…no escape.
It took you hundreds of years of mass murder, oppressing non-whites, Thievery,(etc) to get where you are today, yet you walk around with a sense of accomplishment like it was hard work and thinking power that put you where you are today!
You owe every race of people on this planet for your ideas, culture, sciences, beliefs, religions, inventions that you've taken credit for. Every last one of you live an illusion, in a psychotic matrix if you will. Never will you grip reality or take responsibility for what you've created of this disordered world and give back what you've taken. The racist things you say are an exact reflection of yourselves for being the mindless, ugly, low self esteemed, cold hearted and destructive morons your are.
So Smile chalk face smile…Drive your nice cars, go home to your fancy houses, devour the media, indulge in refinery, safety and comfort…the spirit of MAAT has arrived, the evil white empire will fall. MARK MY WORDS THAT WILL BE IN 2012.
As for every non-white whom have been brain washed in this white world…become conscious, be aware of this dreamworld you live in. Sweet change is coming, the dramatic reversal of this white world is already in effect, unnoticed yes, but in full function. Ever feel worthless and unappreciated? Blame the disgusting whites for creating agendas for you. It conquers as a whole and unites as one to deter revolutions that would rip it's world apart at it's roots. It won't save, it is a villain selling the same bullshit to deter a real hero. A hero that died out thousands of years ago, maybe a million, maybe a billion, who can tell? The magnitude of human will never prevail under it's influence and power. WHITE PEOPLE ARE NOT HUMAN.


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Jonathan Tucker
Jonathan Tucker's Sept. 30 photo captures the aurora's reflection in the Yukon lake below. For more of Tucker's work, check out Tucker's gallery on 500px.com,
The good news is that the northern lights hit the heights this weekend, with auroral displays visible as far south as Illinois — and the bad news wasn't all that bad. Sure, the glare of the "Harvest Moon" interfered somewhat, but you could argue that the moonlight added some extra shine to the show.
The northern lights are such a subtle phenomenon that they're best seen from the countryside, far from city lights, and that was the case for Jonathan Tucker, who captured the "September Lights" you see above on Sunday night, near Whitehorse in Canada's Yukon Territory.
"I was sitting at home, and when I looked out my window I noticed the northern lights were out," he told SpaceWeather.com, "so I grabbed my camera and went to a close spot that would be away from city lights. The auroras didn't last long, but I got this shot."
Meanwhile, on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Lake Superior Photo's Shawn Malone was heading home from work and watching the moon rise when he noticed spikes of greenish light to the south.
"Immediately looked to the north, and the sky was on fire," Malone told SpaceWeather.com. "Light every direction, multiple arcs at the same time overhead and to the south — had a hard time deciding which way to point the camera!"
Another Upper Michigander, Mark Riutta of Defined Visuals, caught what he called a "mild display of aurora activity" over the Portage Canal in Houghton, Mich.
"I wish it was a little better show, but once the almost full moon got higher in the sky, it seemed to diminish the aurora's intensity," Riutta, whose told me in an email.
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The sky is aglow during an auroral display over Michigan's Central Upper Peninsula. For more photos from Shawn Malone, check out LakeSuperiorPhoto.com.
Not to worry, Mark: What you saw was a sight that would make folks like me green with envy. Generally speaking, the best time to see an aurora would be around midnight, from a dark location with clear skies. The higher your latitude, the better. But timing is everything: It does no good to go out to an aurora-viewing spot if there's no aurora. You have to get out and look north (or look south, if you're in Australia, New Zealand or Antarctica) when geomagnetic activity is high — as it was on Sunday night.
Even if you missed Sunday's show, there are more auroral extravaganzas to come, thanks in part to the current upswing in the 11-year solar activity cycle. Keep a watch on the Space Weather Prediction Center's website and Facebook page — and for the current word on space weather, as well as pictures from past auroral displays, you can't do any better than SpaceWeather.com.
More about the aurora season:
- 'Tis the season for the northern lights
- Your guide to the northern lights
- SpaceWeather.com: Aurora gallery
- Space.com: How the northern lights work
- Cosmic Log archive for auroral glories
Alan Boyle is NBCNews.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter and adding the Cosmic Log page to your Google+ presence. To keep up with Cosmic Log as well as NBCNews.com's other stories about science and space, sign up for the Tech & Science newsletter, sent via email every weekday. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.


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86: Addison Reed/RP/Chicago White Sox/12-27-88/ETA: Arrived
Forecast Notes: Gaudy strikeout rate as a top-flight reliever.
Current Level: Majors
Scouting Notes: Reed was an equal opportunist in embarrassing hitters at four minor league stops before reaching the majors (where he hasn't stopped striking batters out). He throws a plus-plus fastball and a plus-plus slider. He also throws a change-up, but it isn't as consistent as his other two pitches. He started and closed games at San Diego State, but it appears the White Sox are content with him dominating in a late-inning role. Sergio Santos did a fantastic job closing games for the White Sox, so Reed may not pick up saves anytime soon, but he should still be a fantasy asset.
31: Dayan Viciedo/OF/Chicago White Sox/3-10-89/ETA: Arrived
Forecast Notes: Peak .279/.324/.462 with 22 HR's. Has started taking walks in 2011. -20 fielder.
Current Level: MLB
Scouting Notes: Much better fantasy prospect than reality one. His glove is bad, really bad as the Forecast suggests, but most reports are that he has made a conscious effort to get in better shape and work on his craft. Also working in his favor is that Ozzie Guillen and Kenny Williams don't seem to give a hoot about defense anyway, playing Adam Dunn, Juan Pierre and Carlos Quentinin the outfield at various times.Raw power is his calling card, and it has translated to games this year. If things click, he could surpass 30 home runs a year with a passable average in the upper .270s. Those in OBP leagues should bump him down a bit as this year is his first of showing any ability to draw a walk. While that patience is encouraging, it will need to carry over to next season for me to believe he's completely ditched his free-swinging ways.


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The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz Lyrics
Tom Lehrer
Now to continue with the love song, here we have the
Viennese waltz type of the Franz Lehár/Johann Strauss
school, conjuring up images of gaily waltzing couples
and probably stale champagne drunk from sweaty slippers.
This example is called "The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz".
Do you remember the night I held you so tight
As we danced to the Wiener Schnitzel Waltz?
The music was gay, and the setting was Viennese
Your hair wore some roses (or perhaps they were peonies)
I was blind to your obvious faults
As we danced 'cross the scene
To the strains of the Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
Oh, I drank some champagne from your shoe, la l-la
I was drunk by the time I got through, la l-la
For I didn't know as I raised that cup
It had taken two bottles to fill the thing up
It was I who stepped on your dress, la l-la
The skirts all came off, I confess, la l-la
Revealing for all of the others to see
Just what it was that endeared you to me . . .
I remember the night I held you so tight
As we danced to the Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
Your lips were like wine (if you'll pardon the simile
The music was lovely and quite Rudolf Frimly
I drank wine, you drank chocolate malts
And we both turned quite green
To the strains of the Wiener Schnitzel Waltz


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Ad Astra
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- Brad Pitt
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Ruth Negga
- Donald Sutherland
- Kimberly Elise
- Loren Dean
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- Sean Blakemore
- Bobby Nish
- LisaGay Hamilton
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- The first collaboration between Brad Pitt and James Gray. They planned to work together on The Lost City of Z (2016), but Pitt dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. He remained on board as an executive producer.
- Antimatter, when it comes into contact with normal matter, does not cause a "chain reaction", as is stated when Roy is being briefed about the Lima Project. When antimatter and matter come into contact, they mutually annihilate each other into pure energy, using Albert Einstein's E=mc2 equation (100% matter-to-energy conversion). There would be no possibility of an antimatter incident at Neptune affecting Earth, except for the one-time burst of energy that such an explosion would create.
- Roy McBride: Here we go again. Fighting for resources. What the hell am I doing here?
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I feel like the general public is not going to like this film because it is thought provoking. It says a lot about the industry that it is out at the same time as a movie about gangster strippers and that's getting the buzz. In any case, this movie is visually amazing. It is smart and doesn't pander to the lowest common denominator. If you're a space buff it will be hard to find many things wrong with the film even though they take liberties with some of the physics. If you liked Gravity or Interstellar, you'll like this movie. Go see it.
Visually beautiful but the plot is just an astronaut with daddy issues, ehhh
For the bulk of its two-hour-and-two-minute running time, I watched in a state of hypnotized delight.
While Gray may have told basically this same story before, Ad Astra's cosmic setting makes it even more poignant, because it puts into such sharp relief how small each of us is against the vastness of space, and how our time in that space is the most finite blip possible when compared with the totality of cosmic history.
Though principally a meditative experience, Ad Astra also makes room for some superb suspense sequences, resulting in a thought-provoking film with life-or-death stakes.


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|SINGER, SUSAN - Carleton College
|SCHWARZ, JODI - Vassar College
|MANDUCA, CATHRYN - Carleton College
|FOX, SEAN - Carleton College
|IVERSON, ELLEN - Carleton College
|TAYLOR, BENJAMIN - University Of Wisconsin
|Cannon, Steven
|MAY, GREGORY - Dupont Pioneer Hi-Bred
Submitted to: Science
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/3/2013
Publication Date: 1/25/2013
Citation: Singer, S.R., Schwarz, J.A., Manduca, C.A., Fox, S.P., Iverson, E.R., Taylor, B., Cannon, S.B., May, G.D., et al. 2013. Keeping an eye on the biology. Science. 339(6118):408-409.
Interpretive Summary: The topic of "genomics" can seem daunting and foreign to many people; yet it is a subject that is increasingly common and important -- for example, in debates about genetically modified organisms, or in news about genetic diseases or evolutionary discoveries. This report describes tests of several methods for teaching about genomics research to undergraduate students at two institutions. The approach that worked best was a multi-week lab experience driven by student questions, and guided by a website organized around problem solving strategies that enabled students to successfully create and answer meaningful questions. The students were provided with genomic sequence data from active research projects in plant and animal biology and were then able to use the data, along with both web-based bioinformatic tools and hands-on lab work, to explore and answer those questions. This kind of approach leads to substantive learning about this important new biological field, and should lead to more informed and inquisitive students and citizens.
Technical Abstract: Genomic data sets offer remarkable opportunities for students to explore hypotheses and generate original findings without expensive laboratory equipment and supplies, scaling the benefits of traditional undergraduate research experiences to classrooms. Yet, biology students can become frustrated with online-only activities and miss opportunities to make connections to fascinating biological questions. We have developed a multi-week authentic research experience in genomics, adapted for a plant (Chamaecrista fasciculata -- a plant in the bean and pea family) at Carleton College and an animal (Aiptasia pallida, a sea anemone) at Vassar College, and designed to support student learning with a web-based guide. Genomic data from projects involving collaborators from these colleges and from the USDA-Agricultural Research Service and the National Center for Genome Research were used as the raw material for students' projects. The data are extensive enough that they allow teams of students to come up with meaningful new questions that may not have been asked of the data before. In the case of the plant (Chamaecrista), projects included studies of differences in flowering times between northern and southern populations, and a successful search for the genetic differences that underlie these observable and ecologically important population differences. Comparisons of genomic data to the soybean (Glycine max) genome, using SoyBase and the Legume Information System, helped students identify possible gene functions in Chamaecrista. The use of a project website, with features to help guide and refine students' explorations, helped students progress without constant individual interaction with the professors. These projects in guided exploration of real genomic data sets lead to substantive learning about this important new biological field, and should lead to more informed and inquisitive students and citizens.


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Business partners Henry Lembeck and John F. Betz founded one of the most famous, best-equipped, and financially successful breweries on the East Coast of the United States. By 1889, it manufactured fifty thousand barrels of ale and port and 250,000 barrels of beer per year in a state of the art facility valued at a million dollars and worth three million dollars in total assets.
Henry Lembeck was born at Osterwick, Mu[e]nster, Germany, on April 8, 1826. He adopted his father's trade of cabinet making starting as an apprentice at age thirteen. He served four years as a journeyman and expected to complete his training in Paris, France, when he was drafted into the German army in 1846, a year prior to the revolution. A genealogical investigation by Lembeck's descendants has documented that while serving in the military, Lembeck, dressed in civilian attire, frequently attended and participated at rallies of the insurgents. After a furlough granted in March 1849, he did not return to his regiment and seems to have immigrated to the United States. An investigation in 1850 was conducted and he was "declared a deserter."
After working as a carpenter for the Herring Safe Company in New York City, Lembeck became the clerk to a grocer; and three years later he bought his own business that developed from a grocery store to a market-gardening firm. While his business flourished, Lembeck also became a sales agent for the brewery of John F. Betz of New York. In 1869, Lembeck moved to Jersey City and established with Betz a brewery to manufacture ale and porter on Ninth Street. The Betz family had already established a reputation as brewers both in the United States and Germany.
With Lembeck's newly acquired business savvy and Betz's background in the production of ale and porter, the partnership was established on sound footing. The Jersey City brewing facility and operation expanded. Lembeck astutely noted the diminishing taste for ale in the United States, and in 1889 added the production of the more popular beverage of lager beer to the business. Lembeck became president of the company and incorporated the brewery into a cooperative stock company in May 1890. Betz was the vice president of the company.
A biography of Lembeck states, "[he] had the complete management of the business, assumed full responsibility of its direction, and consequently must receive the credit for its success and growth" ("Biography of Henry B. Lembeck," 2). The brewery's physical plant begun on Ninth Street was enlarged to accommodate the required refrigeration and storage of beer and eventually occupied seventeen city lots. A malt house, H.F. Lembeck & Company at Watkins, New York, at the head of Seneca Lake, complemented the brewing firm.
Along with his business success, Lembeck took a strong interest in the Jersey City, his permanent residence. He was one of the founders the Greenville Banking and Trust Company, became vice president of the Third National Bank of Jersey City, and served with other corporations such as the Hudson Real Estate Company of which he was a director. In 1898 Lembeck built the Hudson Building at 13-15 Ocean Avenue. The stone Romanesque Revival structure at the corner of Lembeck and Ocean Avenues consecutively housed the Hudson Real Estate Company and the Greenville Bank and Trust Company with which he was associated. After a renovation in 1970, the Hudson Building became a 22-unit apartment.
Lembeck owned large tracks of land in Greenville and helped with its development. He donated property for the extension of Columbia Park (today Bartholdi Avenue). His earlier carpentry training prompted him to build a reported 32 to 43 houses in Jersey City prior to 1895 and to participate in their construction as both architect and supervising contractor. Lembeck discontinued home building over a dispute with the city regarding the quality of water supplied to the Greenville area and complained of the loss of tenants willing to rent his properties.
Lembeck lived in the home that he designed at 46 Columbia Place (today Lembeck Avenue) and Old Bergen Road. The modest-looking red brick structure has a decorative cornice painted gray with dentil molding and corner brackets. The center section of the house features a recessed gray wood and glass door reached from the concrete riser and has an open pediment supported by brackets over a double window with semicircular transom; the adjoining sections of building are topped by pyramids over the roofline. The Lembeck mansion was later donated by his widow to St. Anne's Home for the Aged at 198 Old Bergen Road and serves as the administrative building; St. Ann's became part of the York Street Project, run by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, in 1987.
Lembeck died at his residence on July 25, 1904; he was president of Lembeck and Betz at the time of his death. He is buried in the family plot in the Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery.
"Announcement." The Royal District Government, Department of Interior Muenster. 6 February 1850 and 25 February 1850.
Community Archive Rosendahl, C354.
"Biography of Henry B. Lembeck." (Copied from Memorial History of New York and The Hudson River Valley, Volume V 1896), 4pp.
"Death List of a Day, Henry Lembeck." New York Times. 26 July 1904.
"Great Loss to Jersey City." New York Times. 15 September 1895.
Holz, Martin. September 2003. Mr. Holz provided information about the Lembeck family in Osterwick.
Muirhead, Edward G. ed. Jersey City of To-Day, Its History, People, Trades, Commerce, Institutions and Industries, New Jersey America. Jersey City, NJ: Walter G. Muirhead, 1910.


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The Mossberg Report
Tempted By the Apple?
Apple's Macintosh computers claim only a tiny share of the overall PC market, but they are getting more consideration from Windows users thinking of switching than at any time in many years.
The daunting security problems that have plagued Windows have also prompted many of its users to take a serious look at the Mac. This trend has been further reinforced by the "iPod halo effect," in which Windows users who own and love Apple's iPod music players are willing to consider the company's other products. As a result, Mac sales, while still relatively small, have been growing much faster than overall personal computer sales.
Are you among the PC majority considering a switch to the Mac? Then you probably have some important questions.
How do Macs compare in quality with Windows PCs?
I believe that, at the moment, Apple makes the best computers, and the best operating system, for mainstream consumers doing typical tasks — e-mail, Web surfing, office — productivity functions such as word processing and presentations, photo organizing and editing, playing and collecting music, and editing home video.
Of all the major computer makers, Apple is the most focused on consumers and small businesses. Most make the bulk of their money, and take most of their cues, from the information-technology departments of large corporations.
Apple's iMac G5 consumer desktop is, in my opinion, the single best home computer on the market. Its PowerBook laptops are among the top portables.
Do Macs run Windows and Windows software?
No: Out of the box, Macintosh computers run only Apple's own operating system, called OS X, and software written by Apple and other companies that is designed to run on OS X.
You can rig a Mac to run Windows and Windows programs by installing a special, $250 Microsoft program called Virtual PC, which creates a virtual Windows computer inside the Mac. But I don't recommend this for frequent use, because the faux Windows computer it creates is relatively slow and is susceptible to the same viruses and spyware as a real Windows machine.
How does Mac software compare with Windows?
The Mac's OS X operating system, the latest version of which is called Tiger, is far better than Microsoft's aging Windows XP and already boasts many of the key features Microsoft plans to include in its 2006 version of Windows, called Vista. And the Mac comes with an excellent suite of free software that's generally superior to comparable Windows programs that cost extra.
Out of the box, the Mac has better photo, music, video and DVD — creation software than any Windows computer I've seen. It has a better free email program and Web browser than Windows does, a better free word processor and much better search capabilities.
About the only software a typical consumer would have to buy for a new Mac is the Mac edition of Microsoft Office. It includes versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint that are very similar to their Windows counterparts, and a program called Entourage that is different from Microsoft Outlook but performs the same functions.
Are Macs more secure than Windows PCs?
Yes. Since the OS X operating system came out in 2001, there has never been a report of a successful virus for it — that is, a virus that has infected numerous computers, and spread from computer to computer, outside of a lab. And there is little or no known spyware for the Mac. By contrast, there are tens of thousands of viruses for Windows and untold numbers of spyware programs. Just as regular Windows programs can't run natively on a Mac, none of these malicious Windows-specific programs can run on a Mac either.
The Mac isn't invulnerable, but it has better built-in security than Windows, and such a small market share that virus and spyware writers haven't targeted it yet. As a result, most Mac users have been able to dispense with running the morass of security software that Windows users must employ.
Are Mac files compatible with Windows files?
Yes. Unlike older models, the current Macs have been specifically designed for compatibility with Windows PCs. The Mac OS and software can handle, without translation or conversion, all of the common types of files you use on a Windows PC. You can copy to a Mac all your pictures, MP3 music files, text files and Adobe PDF files, and they will open right up in Mac programs. There are also free Mac versions of the Real Player and Windows Media Player, and of Adobe Reader.
Microsoft Word files also can be opened, edited and created in Apple's free, built-in text editor. And if you buy Microsoft Office for the Mac, all Office files, including Word files, Excel files and PowerPoint files, can be opened, edited and created on the Mac. Office files created on the Mac can be opened and edited in Windows Office, and vice versa.
Some specialized files created by particular programs, like database files or financial files, won't be usable. For instance, the Mac version of Quicken is quite different from the Windows version and uses a different file format.
For occasional use of these programs, you can install Virtual PC.
In addition, nearly all keyboards, mice, monitors and printers made for Windows computers can be used with a Mac, if they connect via the industry-standard USB or FireWire ports. Macs can also share networks with Windows PCs and even look into the hard disks of Windows computers, and vice versa.
Is there anyone who shouldn't consider a Mac?
Yes. Serious game players should stick with Windows PCs, which are much better game platforms and can run many more game titles. People who use specialized software or custom corporate software for which there isn't a Mac equivalent should stick with Windows. While the Mac has rich offerings in mainstream software categories, it has only a fraction of the niche software and specialized business software that Windows does.
Also, you should stick with Windows if your home computer choices are dictated by your company's IT department and the IT department is ignorant of or hostile to the Mac, as so many are. Although modern Macs are designed to access corporate Windows networks, and many do, if your IT department won't help you with the transition, it's not worth the headache to switch to the Mac.
Ten years ago, when Apple was stagnant and its products troubled, I recommended that consumers shun the Mac. If Apple's quality and innovation slip, I might revert to that position. But for now, the Mac is the best computer, with the best operating system and the fewest security problems, for average consumers.


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Beat the Streak Report: Wednesday, Sept. 23
Today's recommended picks
Brian McCann, C, Braves
.478 AVG (11-for-23) lifetime vs. Mets starter Mike Pelfrey
Denard Span, OF, Twins
.500 AVG (10-for-20) lifetime vs. White Sox starter Mark Buehrle
Clint Barmes, 2B, Rockies
.583 AVG (7-for-12) lifetime vs. Padres starter Tim Stauffer
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
The good times continued for GBaby, who pushed his BTS-leading streak to 40 games thanks to a 2-for-4 night from Albert Pujols. It marked the ninth time this season a contestant reached that plateau.
Behind GBaby in the standings, larrythemailman1 moved up to 35 games on the strength of Joey Votto's 3-for-4 performance, while stikid610 and struck00 both went with Pujols to wind up at 33 games.
Chone Figgins came through with a 3-for-5 night to bump andy0816's streak up to 29 games, and hacklfam kept pace with a 1-for-3 effort from Ryan Braun.
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Derek Jeter (NYY): 15.5%, 1-for-4
2. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 8.8%, 1-for-4
3. Albert Pujols (STL): 6.4%, 2-for-4
4. Joey Votto (CIN): 4.1%, 3-for-4
5. Joe Mauer (MIN): 3.1%, 1-for-3
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So we are down to only 4 players who can tie or beat Tanner Nielsen for 1st place in BTS this year.
Can larrythemailman1 seems like a "First Class Guy" can he "deliver" the streak to beat Tanner Nielsen?
Rain, sleet or snow can not stop the US Mail!
Go larrythemailman1!!!!!!
This was a tough decsion for a me the Cub fan.
I'm locked in on Felipe Lopez of MIL. BREWERS plays CUBS
tonight and Cubs Derrek Lee is on an absolute tear. HR and two doubles last night. I'm tempted to switch my pick.
Then I remember the recent time when I switched to Johnny Damon, a "sure hit" and he had an 0-fer and I lost a nice 12 game streak. What to do, What to do, What to do?
Reminder – If you are in Milwaukee and going to the game tonight and sitting in the OF – bring your glove – DLEE, ARAMIS RAMIRIZ, CECIL FIELDER, RYAN BRAUN COULD ALL GO DEEP TONIGHT.
He did it again last night! hammanm picks Sin Soo Choo v. tought TIGER moundsman Edwin Jackson and he goes 3 – 4. A great read into the BTS game.
hey everyone i was just wondering for me to win i would have to have more hits total than tanner nielsen… is there any way to tell how many hits he accumulated over his streak… and good luck to gbaby, larrythemailman1, struck00
Tanner Nielsen had 77 hits during his 45-game run.
I would not let that affect your selection process, because you might end up changing your pick because of that and end up snapping it prematurely.
I would only start picking that way maybe on the last day or two of the season, since it is entirely possible that a tiebreaker game might have to be played and that would give you an extra day to beat him outright.
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im at 56 entering today, with 12 days left in the season… i almost need to average 2 hits a day which is pretty crazy in my opinion…
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Well remember if you get to 45, you have to get 12 more hits regardless, which already brings you to 68, so you need to pick up 9 extra hits along the way to tie and 10 more to win; if you had had only needed 6 hits or 1 extra every other day, I think it would have been much more manageable.
Just gotta hope for that tiebreaker or makeup of a rainout game!


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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland House Judiciary Committee will consider a bill that would allow Frederick County Commissioners to prohibit the possession and distribution of synthetic cannabinoids, better known synthetic marijuana.
Officials say that synthetic cannabinoids are chemical substances that are not derived from the marijuana plant but mimic the effects of THC, the primary ingredient in marijuana.
The cannabinoids are typically sprayed onto plant material and marketed under names such as "Spice" or "K2."
Officials say that criminal enforcement of the sale and possession of these substances has been challenging, since manufacturers can elude legal bans on products by making slight changes to their chemical structures.
The committee, which will consider the bill Tuesday, has already had a hearing on a bill that would ban the substance statewide.
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The Cruzer Titanium has clearly been built with toughness in mind. How tough? Well it's able to withstand almost a ton bearing down on it (if that's not tough enough for you, we're not sure what is), although you'd never guess so from its stylish titanium-and-chrome effect finish.
Good looks and practicality are enhanced by a retractable USB connector and an internal blue lamp, which illuminates while the drive is going about its business.
The Cruzer has a good turn of speed, officially 9MB per second write and 15MB per second read. Our review sample slightly exceeded those claims for large file transfer although, like all drives, it slowed considerably for thousands of small files, to about 1/70th of the speed.
U3 encryption and password protection are there if you want them and worked flawlessly on our Windows XP installation but wouldn't install with Windows Vista. Either way, you can reformat the Cruzer and use it as a straightforward flash drive if you prefer. A 1GB version is available for the cheaper price of around £18, while the 4GB option costs £55.


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It looks like Freida Pinto's future-glimpsing "Immortals" character has rubbed off on her.
"As the Oracle Priestess I know what's going to happen with it [at the box office], but I cannot tell you," she assures PopcornBiz solemnly, before breaking into a laugh. "No – I don't want to be too big headed about it, but I see very good things happening for this film; very, very good things just because it's unique and one of a kind."
The film casts Pinto as the prophesying oracle Phaedra in Ancient Greece, where her visions help steer the destiny of the hero Theseus (Henry Cavill) as he battles the onslaught of the villainous Hyperion (Mickey Rourke), with Zeus (Luke Evans) and his fellow Greek gods taking a hand in the battle here and there. The distinct, eye-popping visual style of director Tarsem Singh ("The Fall") is melded to the all-out "300" style action, and no one was more unhappy than Pinto when she learned her character was more of a lover than a fighter.
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"That's not what I signed on to!" she laments. "Tarsem told me 'There will be a little bit of stunt training for you and you'll be fighting.' I was like, 'Yes! Finally people will get to see the real me.' I went on to set and Tarsem said that he changed the whole thing. When he met me, I don't know what it is, what energy I exuded, but he said, 'When I saw you I thought that you should be more calm and more Zen.' So I said, 'Basically, you're challenging me to be something that I'm not. But fine, let's do it.' He completely changed it. He made her a lot more internalized and calmer on set."
After making her big breakthrough starring as Latika in director Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning 2008 film "Slumdog Millionaire," Pinto has been finding her way into an increasing roster of big-budget Hollywood films. "'Slumdog' was more of an independent film but on a larger scale," she says. "This film was a big-budget scale, on an enormously large scale. You can't compare the two. They're both on a large scale, but in their respective genres. Tarsem and Danny both have some very interesting tricks up their sleeves in terms of how they want to shoot a certain scene. They're very, very innovative and inventive with the ideas and camera angles and things like that. So I think in that sense, yeah, they do both have this cinematic madness. I love calling it that, because I feel that you have to be mad enough to make films like those two."
In her career choices, the Indian-born actress reveals, "I stay away from two things: stereotypes and cardboard cutouts. That's been my two no-no's. No stereotypes, in terms of I'm trying to put an image out there of an India that has not really been seen by the world. For some reason films and television – I wouldn't say 'are to be blamed' but are partly responsible, and I basically feel like if I'm in this position that I'm in it's time for me to change that, so stereotypes definitely are one thing that I'm staying away from. The other thing is cardboard cutouts. I feel that it's very sad that women aren't written very strongly in cinema. Sometimes I take on these roles and I read them as beautiful, strong women characters and then they go into the editing room and you don't have that much say in what happens there. So sometimes it backfires, but I guess that most of the time I wanted to do stronger women characters, even if she's not strong in the sense where she fights or basically says no. I feel that it's my responsibility to portray that an inner strength, always."
For about a year Pinto found herself being asked about becoming a Bond Girl when false online reports pegged her as Daniel Craig's next leading lady in his next James Bond outing, something that still amuses her.
"The Bond thing was an absolute rumor from beginning to end," she says. "I do not even know how it started and who generated it and how it got that momentum, but no. My team or I had nothing to do with it, but it was a very flattering rumor." But that doesn't mean she wouldn't want a shot at playing one of 007's paramours one day. "I think my Bond Girl would be very strong – she would want to give Bond a very, very strong challenge there, that it wouldn't be that easy to just kind of get the Bond Girl into his bed and have that be the end of the storyline. It wouldn't be as simple as that, and I don't think that I would take up a character like that."


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