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M3 Portal is a new "offshoot" of the successful freight forwarding and logistics software M3 Logisticware®. As a web application, the M3 Portal is a lean opportunity for order management in different kinds of road and service transport.
M3 Portal is an ideal complement to the TomTom WEBFLEET portal. Together with M3 App, M3 Portal is well-suited for order dispatching, order tracking, driver and vehicle management as well as communication between scheduler and drivers.
Detailed information in German, look at: www.m3-telematicware.de
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Friday, 7 August 2009
There are moments in the film where he ISN'T clutching her arm. These are not two of them.
4 comments:
- riffle said...
I didn't even consider this flick, but Shadow of a Doubt is one of my favorite B&W Hitchcock movies. Joseph Cotten, who I associate more with regular-guy types, gets more demented and creepy as the movie goes on.
More mysteries could benefit from tension-filled visits to the library.
Your drawing still reminds me of William Powell, or perhaps another actor with a stronger chin whose name I'm blanking on.
- 5:38 am
- James Lark said...
I'm kicking myself now because I nearly suggested The Third Man, which would have made me 50% correct on the actors-who-inspired-them front. 66% correct if you consider that the moustache is clearly stolen from Trevor Howard.
- 3:40 pm
- simon said...
I love this game. Not so much as a game, but as a narrative device. Its complete impossibilty is beguiling. I've also just heard your Douglas impression in Cabin Pressure. That was also very, very pleasing. Great.
- 9:41 pm
- John Finnemore said...
Riffle, re: the library scene: absolutely! I also enjoyed the three most half-arsed murder attempts in the history of cinema that follow it.
'Well, if I sort of... weaken this step a bit, you know, she might trip and sprain her ankle, and... I don't know... die of complications.'
James: You are definitely the closest thing we have to a winner, or could ever have given the impossibility Simon correctly points out. Next time, as I say, I'll do it properly.
Simon: Thank you!
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The eyes of the Internet are on Texas after a local Fox station aired a questionable message about Tony Romo in their news crawl Wednesday night.
In a segment about the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, the following message scrolled at the bottom of the screen, as seen on this Instagram video.
"Tony Romo, still the gayest player on the Cowgirls."
In all likelihood, someone or something was pulling related social media content into the crawl and this message accidentally made the cut. An employee at the station told thebiglead.com the same thing.
Update: The station said it made the following statement on the air: "In yesterday's 5 & 9PM newscasts, we inadvertently aired a person's tweet regarding Tony Romo, which included inappropriate and offensive language. We apologize for this error and to anyone who was offended."
Also, through its Twitter account, the station has apologized, saying it had "inadvertently aired a person's tweet."
(h/t Gawker)


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OpenGL under Python is largely the same as OpenGL under most other languages, so you can use much of the documentation you'll find around the Internet, or in your local bookstore. This page primarily provides links to PyOpenGL-specific documentation. Users of OpenGLContext should also see the OpenGLContext documentation page.
These documents tend to focus on the particular APIs and details of operation for PyOpenGL (or OpenGL in general).
There are a large number of very good books on OpenGL available. Many of these books cover "legacy" OpenGL, rather than the shader/buffer/texture model of OpenGL 3.0. Still, they provide a good grounding that allows you to learn the basics of OpenGL.
Older versions of the official OpenGL Programming Guide, a.k.a "The Red Book" are available online in various places (version 2.0 covers OpenGL 1.1). If you are serious about learning OpenGL, the newer versions of the Red Book, (v3.0) is likely on the shelves of your local bookstore, and is quite readable.
You'll find versions of some of the Red Book tutorial code for Python included in the PyOpenGL-Demo/redbook directory of the PyOpenGL-Demo distribution. These versions are very close to the original source code. The OpenGLContext tests directory also has four of the tutorials converted, "alpha", "alpha3D", "surface" and "trim".
Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201604582 ; 3rd edition (August 6, 1999)
This book serves as a good introduction to shaders. The shaders described cover the gamut from the simplest 1-line shaders through code to emulate legacy operation to non-realistic shading to caustics and the like. You will generally have to adapt any code you take from here to work with your real-world scenes, but the book offers a strong grounding.
Addison-Wesley Pub Co: ISBN: 978-0-321-33489-3; 2nd edition
This book is an all-round introduction, working up from OpenGL 1.0 era operations all the way to OpenGL 2.x era behaviours. Coverage of newer features tends to be somewhat sketchy, but coverage of older features is extensive. It is notable mainly for being somewhat up-to-date and having exhaustive coverage of what it covers. The book also makes a great anchor for your average supertanker.
Sams Pub: ISBN 0-672-32601-9; 3rd edition
When people think of an "OpenGL tutorial", many will immediately think of the NeHe tutorials by Jeff Molofee, available at http://nehe.gamedev.net/ these tutorials range from the very simple (create an OpenGL window) through the advanced (particle systems, loading scenes from various formats, displaying video textures, text, morphing, multi-texturing). The older tutorials tend to be legacy-mode operations, so you should keep in mind that they are describing old ways of working as you learn with them.
The NeHe tutorials are so popular that there are multiple Python translations available:
If you have a PyOpenGL-specific tutorial you'd like added to this area, please post to the PyOpenGL-user's mailing list.
Here are some starting points for further exploration.
Bug reports and feature requests should use the SourceForge project page. General questions, including most programming questions are best answered on the PyOpenGL mailing list. Questions regarding project administration, or development can use the PyOpenGL-devel mailing list.


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Let's take a look at a year in the life of composer Danny Elfman: he's already crafted scores for Tim Burton's Dark Shadows and Frankenweenie, plus another for Men In Black 3. He has David O. Russell's upcoming Silver Linings Playbook, plus Fox's animated pic Epic and a reunion with Sam Raimi for Oz The Great and Powerful. So, what the hell, let's add two more on the list! Reports have Elfman attached to compose the scores for director Gus Van Sant's Promised Land as well as Sacha Gervasi's biopic, Hitchcock. Hit the jump for more on both projects.
The Playlist (via Film Music Reporter) reports that Elfman will once again team with Van Sant, as he did previously on Milk and Restless. Promised Land is an environmentally-driven drama penned by stars Matt Damon and John Krasinski, which also stars Hal Holbrook, Rosemarie DeWitt, Frances McDormand and Scoot McNairy. More good news for Elfman: Focus Features has set a limited release date of December 28th in order to getPromised Landinto awards contention before expanding in January. Here's the official synopsis:
Mr. Damon plays Steve Butler, a corporate salesman who arrives in a rural town with his sales partner, Sue Thomason (Ms. McDormand). With the town having been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years, the two outsiders see the local citizens as likely to accept their company's offer, for drilling rights to their properties, as much-needed relief. What seems like an easy job for the duo becomes complicated by the objection of a respected schoolteacher (Mr. Holbrook) with support from a grassroots campaign led by another man (Mr. Krasinski) who counters Steve both personally and professionally.
As for Gervasi's Hitchcock, Fox Searchlight is also considering giving the film a late 2012 release to qualify for the Oscars. While that would double the workload for Elfman in the short term, it would also increase his chances at an award nod or, hopefully, his first Academy Award win. Hitchcock stars Anthony Hopkins as the director, with Scarlett Johannson, Helen Mirren and Jessica Biel supporting.


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What do our customers say about the Honda Civic
Jayesh - I've had my pre owned Honda Civic since 2013 and to this day, I've had no major problems whatsoever. It's efficient, cheap on petrol and it gets me from A to B in one piece.
Pros: Fuel economy, all the essential features, cost-efficient and easy to maintain.
Cons: Interior feels dated already.
Abdul - Bought my 2015 Honda Civic Hatchback brand new from the dealer and I give this car a five-star rating! Comfortable seats, spacious boot and interior, and the best fuel economy around. I recommend this car to anyone and everyone.
Pros: Comfortable and loads of space.
Cons: Minor issues with media buttons but that's all.
Darryl - Fuel economy is a big thing to look for in cars and the 2013 Honda Civic has the best around, and it's quite powerful as well. When I was looking for a used Honda Civic in Dubai, this was one of my main criteria.
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Is it just an assigned case before class
class always start with stripper.
Every casebook/ professor has a different style, but you have the gist of it. Read cases and talk about them. Very little black letter law is talked about.
Everyone's experience is different, but I respectfully disagree with the comment that 'very little black letter law is discussed.' Perhaps compared to what is actually out there on the books, yes, but think about Crim Law and Crim Procedure - there is a lot of black letter law thrown at you.


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Come sit with me while I tell you the reasons I love fall. Tam over at Gypsy's Corner has encouraged all of us to list '20 Little Things To Treasure in Autumn'.For me that list includes:
1)Crisp, cooler weather.
2)the pungent smell of wood smoke in the air.
3) Going for a drive in the country to see the gorgeous colored leaves.
4)Sipping a pumpkin Latte
5)The warmth of the fireplace to chase away the chill of evening.
6)Snuggling under a soft, cozy fleece blanket.
7)Hearing the happy voices of kids playing in the school playground.
8)Decorating my home with the rich fall colors.
9)Apple pie and Apple Cinnamon Crumble.
10)Reading a good book on a rainy, chill day.
11)A hearty stew filled with fresh root veggies.
12)Corn Roast with friends.
13) The smell of mown hay.
14)Pumpkin pie shared with family and friends.
15)Watching the v-shaped line of Canada Geese flying south and hearing their cheerful honks greeting us as they fly over-head.
16)Raking a pile of leaves together and watching the kids playing in them and trowing leaves up in the air in sheer delight.
17)Anew line-up of fall programs on TV.(Survivor begins tonight...yay!!)
18)The romantic glow of candle light in the dark evenings.
20)Candy corn, candy apple, caramel popcorn.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
20 Little things to Treasure in Autumn
Posted by Faye at 2:41 PM
2 comments:
- Cheryl Wray said...
I LOVE this list!!
A hearty stew...yum!!! A warm fireplace...yes! Pumpkin pie...double yum (but make mine sweet potato). And not so much on hockey...but yes to football!!
This is such a great idea. I'm going to steal it and do it for my Random Tuesday next week!
- September 25, 2008 at 7:53 PM
- Mz.Elle said...
Ooooooooh candy apples.
I am making some for the
kids,I think this weekend.
tis the season...
I love your list of things to treasure in Autumn.
- September 26, 2008 at 1:48 PM
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my recent post about a quirky American foodblogger, Sara o'Donnell aka Average Betty, visiting Estonia? Well, she's now back home, and going through all the lovely recipes served at our party and mentioned in my post (or at least that's what I'd love to think :)). She has also posted her first Estonian recipe video on her very popular YouTube channel, where she makes and bakes the delicious and simple Estonian barley bread, odrajahukarask.
Here's the link to Average Betty's YouTube recipe video* - do check it out, it's very informative and entertaining at the same time.
Sara uses a recipe from Marika Blossfeldt's excellent book Essential Nourishment: Recipes from My Estonian Farm. and the bread on Sara's photo (on the left) and on the video looks just perfect.
Here are links to some other blog posts written by Sara about her trip to Estonia:
Estonian epicures and how to choose wine infographic (August 3)
My day with chef Dimitri Demjanov (August 20)
Traditional Estonian barley bread recipe (August 29)
Leib: Estonian for Bread (August 30)
* Note that while the soda bread/barley bread Average Betty is making is traditionally Estonian, the music at the beginning and at the end of the video is definitely not. Sara was here during the Old Town Festival, and wandering around our beautiful Town Hall Square while some Russian babushkas were on the stage, singing :)
Once you've tried Sara's/Marika's recipe for the traditional soda bread, remember that you'll find two more recipes for the Estonian barley bread/soda bread here on Nami-Nami.
Estonian soda bread/barley bread with kefir or cultured buttermilk:
Estonian barley bread with ricotta:
Feel free to browse all the Estonian recipes here on Nami-Nami.


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A Connecticut Leaf in Cuba
The combination of ammonia, cedar, soil and vegetation was slightly stifling as Rafael Collazo assessed the fresh tobacco leaves drying in the warehouse-like buildings known as casas de tabaco. The buildings were surrounded by the red-colored soils of the Partido, a key tobacco growing region about an hour by car from Havana. It was hard to breathe in the thick, saturated air inside the hot building, but the weathered-looking tobacco man was relishing the smell of the new crop.
Collazo, the manager of technical services at this plantation, had a proud glow to his face. It had been years since he had seen such a good wrapper crop in his area, and the fact that he was now holding a handful of days-old harvested Connecticut shade leaf tobacco from an exciting new plantation only added to his delight. A few months before, he had been worried that the crop would be ruined by the tremendous rain storms in November and January, but the wrapper tobacco had been virtually unscathed.
"This is very good indeed," he says, caressing an amber and green leaf with his hand, smoothing over the surface like he was touching the soft bottom of a baby. "This is only our second harvest of Connecticut tobacco. Last year we weren't sure how to cure it properly, but this time we got it right."
With the only light coming from sunlight shining through the small door at one end of the tobacco barn, Collazo continued to examine a bunch of half green, half amber-colored leaves. Hanging in pairs on long poles above the dirt floor of the tobacco barn, the leaves had begun to shrink and shrivel from the heat in the barn. Like a Savile Row tailor feeling his newest shipment of fine cloth and dreaming about the wonderful clothes he would craft for his exclusive customers, Collazo was thinking about the fine cigars these leaves would eventually produce in such far-away markets as England, the Netherlands and Germany. The prestige of producing Connecticut wrapper leaf in Cuba may not be as great as growing El Corojo tobacco in the Vuelta Abajo for handmade Habanos, but Collazo was nearly as proud to think that foreign customers would be clamoring to buy his product.
"This is primarily for export in bales," he explains, noting that this year's planting covered about 500 acres near the town of Sabedero, or about one-fourth of his total plantings. The project is a joint venture with tobacco specialist Lippoel Leaf BV of Baarn, the Netherlands. About $1.2 million has been invested so far. "It is for whoever wants to buy it, but it is mostly for small cigars. We haven't tried to make large cigars with the Connecticut, but there isn't any reason why it wouldn't be outstanding."
So far, the crop, which Lippoel Leaf prefers to call "Cuban-grown shade tobacco of the Connecticut type," has been used for the Dutch firm's clients who make small machine-made cigars in Europe, but there is hope of increasing the market for the product. "It takes time to build a market for something new, " says a spokesman for Lippoel Leaf. "But we are very positive about the future for this new tobacco. There is a demand for light-colored shade tobacco. We are only sorry that it is forbidden in the United States."
Adds Adriano Martinez of Habanos S.A., the world distribution and marketing organization for Cuban cigars: "It has an important place in the market, and we want a part of the action. I can't see how any of the growers or manufacturers of cigars with Connecticut wrapper should care. Most of them have made a point of growing Cuban seed tobacco; so it's the same thing."
Americans are already fully aware of how good a cigar made with Connecticut wrapper can be. Brands such as Macanudo, Davidoff and Dunhill extensively use Connecticut wrappers. Their light brown, almost yellow, color and smooth, silky texture are trademarks for these cigars. In addition, the tobacco is very popular with European producers of small, machine-made cigars and cigarillos, although they usually buy the grades of tobacco not good enough to be used for wrappers. The Cubans hope to tap into the European market with better-quality Connecticut at a lower price. The small cigars could also be sold as 100-percent Havana leaf, which is a plus in many European countries, especially France.
Connecticut wrapper leaf has been grown in various tobacco regions, but none have produced as excellent results as its namesake. The Connecticut River Valley, stretching north from the state capital of Hartford, has the perfect combination of soil and climate to produce extremely large leaves with uniformly fine texture and color. Although plantings are now on the increase, many of the growers in the region had curtailed their production in the early 1980s. Just three years ago, the valley was growing about 1,200 acres of tobacco, but the boom in premium cigars in the last two years has encouraged growers to plant more. In fact, a shortage now exists for large wrapper leaf tobacco, especially the darker brown grades.
Cubans do not expect to sell their Connecticut wrapper tobacco to makers of handmade cigars in such countries as the Dominican Republic or Honduras. Besides, there might be legal problems with such a move, since cigars with Cuban-grown wrappers would be technically illegal to sell in the United States, as are all Cuban products under the 1962 embargo.
Another place where the new crop won't be used is in Cuba itself. "We could use the Connecticut wrapper grown here, but we won't," says Habanos' Martinez. "We will never do that, since it would change the character of the cigars. Our cigars have a unique character and this has not included Connecticut wrapper."
Traditionally, all premium Habanos made for export are produced with wrapper leaf called El Corojo. It is a special strain of tobacco developed in the 1920s and '30s at the famous estate of El Corojo in Cuba's premier growing region, the Vuelta Abajo (See Cigar Aficionado Summer 1995). It is grown under large cheesecloth tents called tapados, as is all shade-grown wrapper tobacco. The shade helps protect the leaves from direct sunlight, giving them a more even color and texture.
Collazo says that El Corojo wrapper is slightly smaller in size and richer in character than his Connecticut tobacco, although he hasn't found huge differences between the two tobacco types. It's also more expensive. Although most of the El Corojo crop comes from the Vuelta Abajo, a fair amount also comes from the Partido and is used for export cigars. "I am very pleased with the color of the Connecticut," says Collazo. "I have looked at U.S.-grown Connecticut tobacco, and I am impressed with the color. It is much deeper colored brown with an almost reddish hue." Given the way the mature plants appeared under the tapados in the Partido fields, the Connecticut variety is thriving in the hotter, tropical climate in Cuba.
Others who have tried the Cuban-grown Connecticut shade are less impressed. "It isn't bad. It isn't good," says one tobacco specialist familiar with the Cuban project and the global market for tobacco. "It doesn't taste like Cuban leaf and it doesn't taste like Connecticut. If you want to do Connecticut, why do it outside [the state]? There is so much land out there still to be planted in Connecticut, but everybody around the world is copying Connecticut. You can find it in Ecuador or wherever, even in Indonesia."
"The most generous thing I can say is that it is an honor and privilege having the Cubans recognize Connecticut as an important tobacco by planting it themselves," adds Austin McNamara, president of General Cigar Company, whose parent company, Culbro Corp., is a leader in U.S.-grown Connecticut shade tobacco. "However, it is hard to imagine that Connecticut shade grown in Cuba will have that sweet, medium body with a clean aftertaste which we get in our fields in Connecticut. Cuban tobacco is known for being much richer and more powerful."
Potentially, the Cubans could plant up to 2,000 acres of Connecticut tobacco--nearly the total shade leaf planting in the Connecticut Valley. "It all depends on the demand in the market," says Collazo, who adds that they exported 90 percent of the crop last year. "It is a commodity. This whole thing is totally commercial. It is clear, given the economic situation that we are in, that we need to find new sources for hard currency."
This year's Connecticut-tobacco crop in Cuba could bring in as much as U.S. top-grade Connecticut wrapper leaf, currently at $30 to $40 a pound. Although Collazo doesn't have a total figure yet, it will number in the millions of dollars--which is perhaps why he seems so full of glee every time he visits a tobacco barn filled with the curing leaves.


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The ultimate makeover: New York cheesecake
Angela Nilsen rises to the ultimate challenge - keeping a cheesecake creamy and decadent while making it healthier and lighter
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal315
- fat15g
- saturates8g
- carbs37g
- sugars28g
- fibre1g
- protein9g
- salt0.89g
For the base
- 35g butter
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 85g reduced-fat digestive biscuit, finely crushed
For the filling
- 2 x 300g/11oz tubs light soft cheese, we used Philadelphia cheese, at room temperature
- 175g golden caster sugar
- 3 tbsp cornflour
- 1½ tsp finely grated lemon zest, preferably using a Microplane grater
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 eggs, room temperature, beaten
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 150g fromage frais
For the topping
Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line a 20cm loose-bottomed or springform tin with baking parchment and stand it on a baking sheet. Melt the butter and stir in the biscuit crumbs. Press the mix into the base of the tin, then bake for 10 mins. Remove from the oven and raise the temperature to 240C/fan 220C/gas 9.
For the filling, beat the soft cheese just until smooth with an electric hand mixer on low speed. Gradually add the sugar, also on a low speed, then the cornflour without overbeating. Scrape the sides of the bowl. Slowly whisk in the lemon zest and juice, the vanilla, then the eggs. Scrape the sides of the bowl, then finally whiskin the fromage frais. The mixture should be smooth and quite runny.
Pour the filling over the crumb base. Jiggle the tin to level the mix and squash surface bubbles with the back of a teaspoon. Bake for 10 mins, then lower the heat to 110C/fan 90C/gas ¼. Bake another 25 mins and, if you are using an electric oven, leave the oven door slightly ajar for the first 3 mins. After the 25 mins, shake the tin and there should be a wobble in the centre of the filling. If left until firmer it is more likely to crack later. Turn off the oven, keep the door closed and leave the cake in for 2 hrs. Open the door, loosen the top edges of the cake with a round bladed knife, then leave in the oven to cool gently for another 1-1½ hrs.
Meanwhile, put the sugar for the topping in a small pan with 3 tbsp water. Bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar, then let it bubble for 1-2 mins to make a thin syrup. Tip in the blueberries, gently stir and cook for about 1 min, just to slightly burst the fruit and release the purple juices. Stir in the lime zest, then leave to cool.
Spread the fromage frais over the top of the cooled cheesecake. Cover with foil and chill for at least 4 hrs (or overnight). Remove from the fridge 1 hr before serving, loosen the sides of the cheesecake completely, remove from the tin, then slide onto a plate, peeling off the paper as you do. Slice with a sharp knife and serve each wedge topped with a spoonful of syrupy blueberries.
Recipe Tip
Making it healthierA slice of traditional cheesecake contains 519 kcalories, 38g fat (21g of which is saturated fat). My version contains 315 kcalories, 15g fat (8g is saturated fat). We made a thinner crust, used low-fat creme cheese and fromage frais instead of sour cream.
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(Pocket-lint) - When it first appeared in 1996, the original Scenic broke ground as the first "small" people carrier to hit our roads. It did without the seven seats of existing people carriers such as its big brother Espace, but brought all that was loved about that format of car such as flexible, removable seats, great versatility and loads of storage options to a smaller package. Generation two continued to set the class standard with a distinctive look borrowed from the second generation Megane but even smarter versatility. It also introduced a longer-wheelbase, seven-seat "Grand variant to tackle competition from the likes of Vauxhall's Zafira.
Now, well into its third generation, the Scenic has been given a cosmetic makeover and gained some new technology to keep it class competitive. It may win the prize for the longest name of any car we've reviewed recently, but how does this (deep breath): Renault Grand Scenic Dynamique TomTom 1.5 dCi 110 Stop & Start measure up?
The third-generation Scenic's never had the individual style that characterised the car it replaced. We think that's a shame. Still, in Damask Red and on optional 17-inch Bari alloy wheels, the Scenic's hardly a bad looking thing - the longer wheelbase and longer third-light window of this seven-seat "Grand" model helping the looks in our view.
But cars in this class - and the Scenic in particular - have always been about the interior. In this regard, the Scenic still presents a case for itself as class-leader. You get the impression that the design team who worked on the Scenic all have kids.
That's why you'll find storage pockets and boxes all over the cabin - including in the floor, below the boot, under the seats. Airline picnic-tables are standard for those in the second row, there's a vast, slide-able storage bin between the front seats, and a second fold-out mirror from the roof to keep an eye on kids in the back. Oh, and you get integrated sun blinds and isofix points in all three second row seats. The only real quibble is that the centre row of seats doesn't fold fully flat into the floor like some cars in this class.
The "everything and more" story continues on the tech front. This is one of Renault's TomTom models, which means you get a TomTom Live Nav unit integrated into the display ahead of driver and passenger. It's controlled either by a joystick unit mounted on the front of the centre bin, where it falls neatly to hand, or via a remote control. And it works... just like every other TomTom - which means a lot better than many manufacturer-fit Nav systems. A 3-year TomTom Live subscription costs £125.
This is just the start of the dizzying amount of technology kit that's standard. Presumably you'll be keen on keeping your family safe? So how do eight airbags with deactivation on the front seat, stability control, hill start assist, cruise control, automatic headlights and wipers and - with our car's Luxe pack (£1500) - lane departure warning sound?
Worried you'll have your hands full of kids and shopping and might get distracted every now and then? The hands-free door entry/start system, parking sensors, automatic parking brake, speed limiter and tyre inflation/puncture detection kit should help you out.
And if it's entertainment you need, there's an aux and USB connector on the radio, Bluetooth for your phone which plays music too, reading spotlights for those in the rear and, again as part of the Luxe pack, a Bose sound system with nine speakers. However, nowhere on the options list could we find an option for integrated TV/DVD players for the second row seats though, which means you're into the land of Halford's accessory range, which is a shame.
Of course, like the previous generation Scenic, the gauges are all digital. This new car features a multi-colour "EcoDrive" display which allows you to vary how it shows revs, what gear you're in and the usual array of tricks to try to get you to drive economically. Just remember that, sitting where it is, everyone travelling in the car will be able to see when you choose to have that "red-mist dad" moment on the A49.
It always confuses us when magazines test people carriers and start placing importance on how happily the thing behaves when you drive like Sebastian Vettel. In our experience, most people who buy this kind of car place such things far down their list of priorities.
All you really need to know is that the Scenic drives generally fine. In this 1.5 dCi guise, the engine is fairly stretched. It's humping around a big lump of car and if you add six passengers it starts to labour quite a lot. So if you've a brood of growing teenagers, we recommend upgrading to the 130 bhp engine, which is £1100 more. Though those watching the pennies will want to stick with the incredibly competitive 105g/km CO2 and super-cheap roadtax of this 1.5 dCi.
Besides needing a bit more power, we wish the ride was more settled - admittedly it's better with more people and stuff aboard. At times the Scenic shows up its use of a cheaper, less sophisticated torsion beam rear suspension and crashes around on rough roads.
Yet other than that the stop-start worked well, the Scenic is quiet at speed and the finger-light power steering is perfectly judged for the typical use this car will get.
It's unlikely to answer your heart's desire in every way, like the Tesla we tested last week, but in the real world where you've space for just one car and have to juggle the stresses of bringing up a family with a busy work live, the Scenic hits the mark.
It doesn't drive with the sophistication of a Ford S-Max, nor offer the lounge-like interior quality of the new Vauxhall Zafira Tourer, but it's interior feels like greater thought's gone into it. It not only works well, but somehow, sat inside the Scenic, the world seems a nice, happier place.
While the facelift can't disguise the fact the Scenic is older than some of the competition and while it's price isn't far away from the Ford, Vauxhall or VW competition, Renault offer you much of the kit for standard that costs thousands extra on those cars. For instance, you'd probably not tick the £200 option box for sun-blinds on the Ford S-Max, but here they're standard and a total boon.
Add in the value and reassurance of Renault's new 4+ (4 years warranty, servicing and finance cover) and we think that, as family cars go, there's still little that can touch the Scenic.


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Here's some information on a new project of mine. "Google Alert Loop" uses Google's free "Blogger" software and "Google Alerts" to create a webblog that auto-publishes itself based on mentions of specific alert topics sent to the email address specified. The idea is to create a self-perpetuating blog that will publish repeatedly until it begins to publish its own mentions into a continuous cycle. The project attempts to question the utility of these automated systems such as "Google Alerts" and how they are being used to aggregate and polarize opinions across the Internet.
More info on the project here.
"Google Alert Loop" is a new project by artist and researcher Jonah Brucker-Cohen. Details above from Brucker-Cohen's blog coin-operated.
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Before we get any deeper into 2010, I think it's appropriate to make this name change. As of today, the SOUTH JERSEY WINE BLOG has become SOUTH JERSEY WINE & DINE. I think this new name more accurately reflects the content of the blog, and may have more appeal to "foodies" who just aren't as passionate about the virtues of the grape as I am.
There will certainly continue to be a preponderance of wine news and information, but the new title may inspire me to add some posts of greater interests to those who enjoy the local dining scene.
I have always considered this area where we live to encompass both sides of the Delaware River and therefore, there will be lots of info on food and wine from the Philly side as well as here in South Jersey.
I truly hope the majority of you agree with the new blog title and I appreciate the support you have shown in the past and I look forward to another great year of blogging.
Thanks to all who visit here on a regular basis!


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Still feeling that World Cup hangover? Never fear, because starting Friday is a week of FIFA action to sate your thirst for international fixtures.
And though the race to the MLS playoffs surges on, several league players have answered their country's call.
The New York Red Bulls have had four of their players called up, including Mexico captain Rafa Márquez, who just last week penned a letter to the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación stating that he did not want to be called up until there was "a change in attitude" at Federation.
Also missing for the Red Bulls are starters Dane Richards and Bouna Coundoul.
Richards, along with four other MLS players, will report to the Jamaican national team to take on Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday in Kingston, Jamaica.
Coundoul, meanwhile, will travel to Dakar as Senegal host Mauritius on Saturday in an African Nations Cup qualifier. Both players will miss Saturday's clash against Real Salt Lake though Márquez will be available.
Trinidad and Tobago, meanwhile, are calling up three MLS players for the match against the Reggae Boyz, including D.C. United defender Julius James.
James' absence could be difficult for United to handle, as fellow defender Dejan Jakovic will join Canada for their match against Ukraine in Kiev. Also leaving the Nation's Capital is midfielder Branko Boskovic, who will join Montenegro for their Euro Cup qualifiers against Switzerland in Podgorica and England at Wembley stadium.
Heath Pearce and Brek Shea are the only Americans missing from MLS camps for the international dates, but they will still play for FC Dallas this weekend before joining the U.S. squad for Tuesday's friendly against Colombia in Philadelphia.
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Los Angeles Galaxy: Yohance Marshall (Trinidad and Tobago)
Philadelphia Union: Alejandro Moreno (Venezuela)
San Jose Earthquakes: Cornell Glen (Trinidad and Tobago), Arturo Alvarez (El Salvador), Ryan Johnson (Jamaica)
Seattle Sounders: Sanna Nyassi (Gambia)
Toronto FC: O'Brian White (Jamaica)


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A Guide to the Alexander Horton Reminiscences, 1891
Biographical Note
Early Texas settler and civic leader Alexander Horton (1810-1894) came to Texas from North Carolina with his mother in 1823 and settled on the Attoyac River. Horton participated in suppressing the Fredonian Rebellion in 1827. On August 2, 1832, he fought in the battle of Nacogdoches under his brother-in-law, Captain James Whitis Bullock. After serving as the sheriff of Ayish Bayou, later known as San Augustine, from 1831 to 1835, Horton attended the Consultation at San Felipe. In 1836, he was appointed aide-de-camp and secretary to Sam Houston and fought at the battle of San Jacinto. Following the Texas Revolution, he continued his career as a government and city official, holding positions such as president of the board of land commissioners (1838), collector of customs in San Augustine (1838-1839), sheriff of San Augustine (1844), mayor of San Augustine, and representative of San Augustine and Sabine counties in the Fifteenth Texas Legislature (1876). He died near San Augustine in 1894.
Source: Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "Horton, Alexander," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/HH/fho63.html (accessed July 21, 2010).
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Scope and Contents
An autobiography and a biographical sketch of Alexander Horton comprise the Alexander Horton Reminiscences, 1891, and document Horton's activities as a soldier and civic leader. The narratives record Horton's life from his immigration to Texas in 1824 to the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836, focusing on his activities as Sam Houston's aide-de-camp and secretary. Furthermore, the reminiscences relate to his family's settlement near San Augustine, his role in the Fredonian Rebellion, the battle of Nacogdoches, and the Consultation of 1835.
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The collection is open for research use.
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Alexander Horton Reminiscences, 1891, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center's "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project," 2009-2011.
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I am looking for a standard contact API(for addressbook importer) for java and the implementations by different providers. Is there anything existing like that?
I noticed Google has a Java Contact API, but it's their own implementation and doesn't go with any standard interface. Does anyone has any idea?
If I want to implement an address importer using Java for Gmail, Yahoo, Facebook, Hotmail, AOL what I need to do? Do I need to go with each providers implementations. I see a big learning curve in that.
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As you take office the American people are looking to you for a new approach to our nation's foreign affairs. They are no longer interested in rehashing the mistakes of the past Administration. They are deeply interested in what you are going to do about peace and war in our nuclear age. That is the subject that interests them most.
They have shown by their votes that they believe what you have promised about a stronger nation economically and militarily. The fact that we as a nation will grow stronger prompts the caution that great power used wisely can bring wonderful blessings to a bewildered world. If used recklessly, vainly, or stupidly, it will become a scourge and blight to humanity.
Yet your plea for stronger military defenses has added to the momentum of the most gigantic armament race the world has ever seen. History confirms that every such race, unless moderated, leads to war on a grand scale. The peoples of all nations have sensed this danger with the approval they have given to the idea of disarmament. Fortunately, this growing strength of ours will put you in a better position to negotiate. Only by successful negotiations can this dangerous armament race be abated and the prospects of hydronuclear war be postponed.
If negotiations are to be successful, both sides must be ready to compromise; both sides must expect to give up something in return. Successful negotiations require a temperate atmosphere. That means that, just as Mr. K must stop his bullying, missile rattling, and sending of ultimatums, so might you see to it that our talking generals and admirals are silenced.
Peace cannot be made in an atmosphere where each adversary tries to out-boast, out-denounce, and out-threaten the other. A Summit meeting will be worthless unless its success has been reasonably ensured by previous negotiations. If diplomats at the working level cannot come close to a tentative agreement, you will not be able to come to an agreement at the top level.
Your big job is to prepare the American people to make peace. They are prepared morally and militarily to make war, but they are poorly prepared to make peace. They have been taught to expect a rigid perfection in the conduct of our foreign policy. They need to be told that perfection is not only impossible but dangerous. Although they accept compromises constantly in their everyday domestic lives, they reject them as "appeasement" in our foreign policy.
You can do much to change their present-day thinking that we are always right and the other fellow always wrong, that unless we have victories we will have to suffer humiliating defeats. The people must be persuaded that there can be diplomatic successes where each side profits by making mutual concessions.
A widespread belief prevails that unless we defeat Communism, Communism will take over the whole world, and that if we defeat Communism, our troubles will be over. Therefore, so the reasoning goes, there can be no compromises. The Communist must give in; we must never give in. The resulting deadlock, coupled with the intensified armament race, creates an increasing danger of hydronuclear war.
Badly needed at this time is an explanation that Communism today is a widely accepted belief, but so is our Judeo-Christian belief in freedom and democracy. Because each one is backed today by political powers that can never be vanquished by military conquest, both will continue to exist for generations, if not centuries.
The big issue before these two giant political powers is whether it might not be best for the leaders of each to try to get along with the other rather than to try to destroy each other. It is better for us to get along just halfway than to expect perfection from each other. That means compromise. That there must be concessions by both sides is scarcely understood. If the American people could see that it is to their own self-interest to make concessions in return for concessions by the Soviets, as a means of avoiding hydronuclear war, a more peaceful climate might result.
This situation requires that you, as President, boldly explode the present-day myth about disarmament or control of armaments, which assumes that agreements about arms can be made without dealing with the conflicting political ambitions that create the necessity to arm.
Surely the time has come for the people of our country and the world to learn that war is a social disease brought on by conflicting political ambitions, which in turn are generated by economic, social, religious, and racial causes. War cannot be abolished by legal edicts. Armaments are a fever of this social disease, not a cause. They will rise and fall with the virulence and scope of the disease. If we are to lower the fever, we must deal with the cause. We can never hope to abolish war completely, but we should hope and work to limit its scope and virulence, just as we have in the case of numerous other diseases.
You should not be expected to perform wonders, such as abolishing war, nor should you insist that our ideals be made to prevail throughout the world. That is the big mistake that President Truman and President Eisenhower have made. They have, unwittingly, promised the impossible in laying down the rigid policy that our ideals of freedom and democracy must be made to prevail "everywhere" by "liberating the enslaved." You can certainly promise the American people that Communist ideas will not be allowed to prevail everywhere.
You cannot succeed in armament controls unless some of the political differences can be resolved. The only partially successful armament conference of modern times, the Washington Conference of 1921, proves that. The limitations that it imposed on the major navies of the great powers were accompanied by the Nine Power Pacific Treaty, which resolved for a while the political differences over China. The signatory powers pledged themselves to recognize the administrative and political integrity of China.
That this treaty lasted only into the early 1930s should remind us that the keeping of the peace is an everlasting job. When the Japanese warlords launched their attack on Manchuria in 1931, and on Shanghai a year later, they nullified this treaty, defying the pleas of their own government as well as those of the United States and Great Britain. Subsequent events seem to have taught the American people the wisdom of the prompt, united action that they took in the case of Korea, backed by the United Nations. They will respond to dynamic leadership such as President Truman showed in that instance.
BECAUSE the Berlin issue is acute, it requires your prompt attention, but no President of the United States should ever enter any negotiations under the threat of a time limit. If we can come to a compromise over Berlin that will abate the Soviet Union's justified fears over a third invasion by a united Germany, it may well set a precedent that can be used elsewhere.
If Russia were a parliamentary democracy, its government would be compelled to insist on a divided Germany as a precaution against a third invasion. Americans must bear in mind that the Russian people have twice within a generation suffered terrible invasions by the Germans. Not for decades can any Soviet government give up East Germany.
American policy today is mistaken in insisting on a united Germany. Such a Germany would soon be demanding the return of its "lost provinces" to the east. Any competent observer can continually hear expressions of that ambition in West Germany. The Russians feel safer with a divided Germany, and so do our allies Britain and France. When we call for a united Germany, we play into the hands of the German chauvinists.
We could properly compromise by recognizing the government of East Germany with the provision that we, France, and Britain will continue to maintain our forces in West Berlin with free ingress and egress. This provision we must back with all of our might and power. If the Soviets really want peace, they will agree to it, because to do so will further their own interest.
Of course, Chancellor Adenauer will rage and threaten, and the American people will demur. There is where you will have to speak out and explain that it is to America's self-interest to bring this about. The Germans have caused the United States plenty of trouble in the past forty-five years. If the recognition of the East German government will lessen the armament race and promote the chances of peace, why should the American people object? Once they understand the realities, they will support recognition, provided our interests in Berlin are maintained.
If the agreement provided for the gradual withdrawal of the armed forces of all countries from both Germanys, it would require that the people of East Germany and West Germany look after their own defense and pay for it themselves. NATO should be maintained as a deterrent power, along with our nuclear capabilities on the seas and in the air.
The case of Germany provides you with an opportunity to test not only the sincerity of the Soviet's professed peaceful intentions but also the willingness of the American people to promote a more peaceful world. Unless the rigid stand of the American people, which has been reflected in the diplomatic deadlock of the outgoing Administration, is modified by the skill and courage of your own persuasion, negotiations are doomed to failure.
The case of Germany is significant because it may help to establish two basic principles that should at all times guide our diplomatic conduct. The first is that of self-interest. Treaties that do not respect self-interest of both parties are bound to be violated. Closely associated with this principle is that of respect for the primary interests of the other side. If we want the Kremlin to respect our primary interests in Cuba, the Western Hemisphere, Berlin, Korea, Japan, Formosa, and the Philippines, we must respect Russia's primary interests in eastern Europe.
For more than two hundred years, every Russian government has asserted a primary interest in that area and has been willing to defend it. If the Soviet Union were a parliamentary democracy, its government would have to do the same thing, because national security is at stake in the minds of its people and leaders.
I know that the American people will always respond to the defense of their own self-interest. And I feel sure that they will unite to make effective any policy that reflects that principle.
The stakes on both sides are tremendous, and the dangers ominous. The population experts forecast a doubling of our own population and that of the world in the next thirty-nine years. All of these three billion additional people will be compelled to seek means of sustenance. We have maintained an equilibrium between the crowded areas and the areas of abundance through our foreign aid program. And we must continue on a greater scale, as population increases, to maintain this equilibrium, working, when possible, through the United Nations, without which there cannot be a peaceful world.
Whereas in the past foreign aid has served principally to restore war-exhausted Europe and Japan, its emphasis should be shifted, particularly in the case of economic aid, to supply funds to make the undeveloped areas of the world productive. It will take enormous aggregations of capital to build roads, schools, harbors, railroads, electric plants, water supplies, and other necessities, to educate and help these masses of illiterate people to make their jungles, mountains, and deserts yield their hidden wealth. It will take American engineering, administrative, and teaching ability to do this job.
If successful diplomacy can abate the armament race, funds from it can be diverted to making the world productive. If your diplomacy fails, your whole domestic and foreign program will fail. It cannot succeed unless you prepare the people of our country to make peace. If you can do that, you will have a united nation behind you.
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AVANTASIA — the project led by EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet — kicked off its "The Metal Opera Comes To Town" world tour 2010 this past Tuesday night (November 30) at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland. Joining Sammet in AVANTASIA's touring lineup are a number of special guests, including GAMMA RAY/ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist/vocalist Kai Hansen, Bob Catley (MAGNUM), Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN), Amanda Somerville, Olli Hartmann and Michael Kiske (HELLOWEEN).
Fan-filmed video footage of the second show of the tour — which took place last night (Wednesday, December 1) at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland — can be viewed below.
Commented Sammet: "The band is much tighter than last time, everybody is having a great time and it feels just 'right' to be up there. It feels right for everyone of us and right after the show we all came to the conclusion that it was the best thing to happen to go up on that stage again.
"It felt great to see Michi [Michael Kiske] and Kai on stage, it felt great to sing those ballads with Bob and, of course, I am having a ball singing those diabolic duets with Jorn. I am so looking forward to traveling around the world with my fellows, the next three weeks will be amazing for all of us and hopefully for all of you."
Although rumors keep circulating about further shows from AVANTASIA in 2011, a statement on Tobias' official web site makes it clear that after AVANTASIA's December world tour, there will be no more tours or festival appearances from the project apart from the Wacken Open Air show in August 2011.
Commented Sammet: "In 2011 we will not play any show except from the Wacken show, due to commitments that we all have with our individual main bands. That's why we are very happy about having found a time frame to bring the show on stage in December. 'The Metal Opera Comes To Town' world tour 2010 will be a special event that will be neither repeated nor continued. That's why we'll play as many songs as possible and make it a special experience for us as much as for our fans. Because we are not naive enough to believe that this lineup will ever get the chance to share the stage again after the forthcoming tour."
Remaining AVANTASIA tour dates:
Dec. 03 - Germany - Lichtenfels, Stadthalle *
Dec. 04 - Germany - Kaufbeuren, All Karthalle *
Dec. 05 - Sweden - Stockholm, Arenan
Dec. 08 - Japan - Tokyo, Shinagawa Stella Ball
Dec. 10 - Mexico - Mexico City, Circo Volador
Dec. 13 - Brazil - Sao Paulo, CTN
Dec. 15 - Argentina - Buenos Aires, [venue to be announced]
Dec. 18 - Germany - Fulda, Esperantohalle *
Dec. 19 - Germany - Essen, Grugahalle *
Aug. 06, 2011 - Germany - Wacken, Wacken Open Air
* Due to the fact that this is not a regular or annual tour but an extensive AVANTASIA event and experience, these shows will begin promptly at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets for the German dates are available at www.metaltix.com.
"It's gonna be a once-in-a-lifetime affair!" said Sammet when the all-star project first set off on a world tour a few years ago. And although it seemed impossible to bring the project onto the stage after an extensive preparatory time, AVANTASIA headlined some of the biggest summer festivals in 2008. To this day, many fans recall the AVANTASIA live shows as magical, once-in-a-lifetime concert experiences.
Added Sammet: "There has always been the desire to do it again, but, of course, there is always a risk. It requires a huge amount of time and energy; there are no figures based on experience, because I don't know anybody who has taken an all-star metal opera on the road to play indoor venues. The stage production is abnormally expensive and you must not forget the many people who are involved and who come from different parts of the world. It requires a good timing.
"At some point we sat together and checked if and how we could possibly do it once again and we soon found out that December 2010 would be the right period to do a real tour.
"I admit that four weeks [is] not really a long time frame, but it's better to do a short tour than no tour at all. And if we hadn't taken that chance, it would have never happened because we will come with a lot of musicians and vocalists and it's a nightmare to mind all our individual schedules with our main bands."
Unlike AVANTASIA's festival tour of 2008, the band's upcoming dates will be full-fledged headlining performances, with the group performing longer sets than has been the case in the past.
"It was great to play Wacken and Sweden Rock Festival, but playing a festival you only have so much time," explained Sammet. "You play ten songs and people have a party and everybody's got fun. But doing our own tour, we can really create an atmosphere, we can play a lot longer and take people on a journey through the history of AVANTASIA. We can actually take people to the world of AVANTASIA itself.
"Fans can expect a bombastic concert experience.
"Many so-called 'metal operas' have been released on albums recently, but AVANTASIA will bring it on stage and take fans around the globe with them.
"You can't compare a normal band to what we are going to do. If all your favourite singers appear on one stage at the same night to take you on a musical journey, then this isn't just great, it's über-great!"
AVANTASIA released its new epic masterpiece on April 3 as regular CDs ("The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon"), two separate double picture vinyls, and as a beautiful collector's edition with an AVANTASIA picture book.


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Google uncovers Iranian spy campaign
Google says it has uncovered a vast Iranian spy campaign that had been targeting tens of thousands of Iranian citizens over the past three weeks.
"These campaigns, which originate from within Iran, represent a significant jump in the overall volume of phishing activity in the region," the company said in a blog post. "The timing and targeting of the campaigns suggest that the attacks are politically motivated in connection with the Iranian presidential election on Friday."
The company said that thousands of its users inside Iran had been the targets of a sophisticated email phishing campaign in which attackers sent users a link that, when clicked, sent them to a fake Google sign-in page where the attackers could steal login credentials.
Google would not say how it had traced the spy campaign to Iran because it did not want to tip off attackers. It did say, however, that it was confident the attackers were the same ones behind a sophisticated attack in 2011 on DigiNotar, a Dutch company that sells certificates that validate the security of a website. By compromising the certificate authority, the attackers were able to intercept users' Web traffic and compromise their computers.
Security researchers who analysed the DigiNotar attack believe the company was compromised by Iran or hackers working on its behalf. By tying the latest Iranian phishing campaign to Iran, Google's findings Wednesday seemed to confirm that Iran was also behind the DigiNotar attack.
Of the DigiNotar attack, Phil Zimmermann, a pioneer of encryption software said, "There are thousands of Iranian dissidents in prison today because of that."
Compared with the public uproar that followed Iran's 2009 elections, the run-up to this week's elections has been tightly controlled. Many leaders of the 2009 opposition have fled the country, been silenced or jailed. The two main presidential challengers in those elections, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi, remain under house arrest.
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Writing a letter that you never send to express your feelings can be very therapeutic, mental health experts say. Here are some examples. Dear Dr. Feel-good: I have been blocking this from my consciousness for years, and now I have finally found the courage to tell you what I really think of your methods.
Writing a letter that you never send to express your feelings can be very therapeutic, mental health experts say. Here are some examples.
Dear Dr. Feel-good:
I have been blocking this from my consciousness for years, and now I have finally found the courage to tell you what I really think of your methods.
I am sick and tired of having everything I do analyzed. Is there some deep psychoanalytic reason for everything I do? How about yawning or sneezing?
Just last week, you said I needed to maintain impulse control and avoid buying expensive magazines to look at while commuting or expensive European coffee specialties. Well, you don't need a medical degree and 12 years of analysis to know that binge spending and eating are examples of more fundamental emotional problems.
I say, physician, heal thyself. Don't you think you should give up wearing imported French silk and driving expensive sports cars? Are you overcompensating or what?
And, finally, I wish you would stop feigning interest when I talk about my mother. I can see that you start doodling every time I bring her up.
Dear next-door neighbor:
I am sorry I have waited so long to greet you formally. I was just so worried about bothering your motorcycle friends who gather in your backyard and park their bikes in my driveway. Also, I am allergic to smoke and those hand-rolled cigarettes –– they all seem to make me cough so violently that I have to go inside and turn on my air conditioning.
My wife says that your friends have been very nice and the noise from the mufflers of their bikes has helped keep squirrels away from our bird feeders. But the thunderous engines have also scared most of the birds away –– except, of course, for the squawky blue jays.
Do you think you could tell your friends to stop burning holes in my grass with their cigarettes and to rev their motorcycles less? I would be so appreciative.
Dear Dr. Smith:
You said my new knee replacement would be covered by my insurance, and I just got a bill for $7,300. That's after my deductible. I called the insurance provider and was told a lot of nonsense about being in a Medicare "donut hole." You know I gave up sweets, at your insistence, years ago. I think you're in cahoots with the insurance cabal, and I am going to send a copy of this letter to the state medical affairs bureau unless you reduce this ridiculous bill.
Dear Grace the Pug Dog:
I have told you time and time again not to chew on the leg of the couch. You always play the innocent when you are caught and put those ears of yours down close to your head in submission and look at me with those baleful Winston Churchill eyes.
I'm on to your game. The second I leave the house, you chew on the furniture leg again.
To you, it's all about eating. Every noon, you wait by the counter in the kitchen, hoping that some morsels of food will drop to the floor where you can scarf them down. This behavior has got to stop.
Now put down that potato skin when I am taking to you.
Peter Costa is a columnist for GateHouse Media. His latest collection of humor columns, "Outrageous CostaLiving," is available at amazon.com.


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Craigslist seller robbed in Brooklyn Park
Two men take dirt bike from Craigslist seller during a transaction-turned-robbery in Brooklyn Park.
Anne Arundel County police officers were called to the 4000 block of Ritchie Highway for a robbery at about 10:40 p.m. Thursday.
A 23-year-old man told police he listed his Honda dirt bike for sale on Craigslist. The victim received a call from a potential buyer and arrangements were made to meet at a home in the 100 block of Zeppelin Avenue in the Pumphrey community of Brooklyn Park.
The victim told police he arrived at the location, was approached by the potential buyer and the two discussed the sale. The dirt bike was then unloaded from the victim's vehicle for closer inspection, police said.
A second subject suddenly joined the potential buyer, who requested to take the dirt bike for a test drive. The victim indicated that he would need money first and the potential buyer went inside the home to allegedly retrieve the money.
At a certain juncture, the potential buyer emerged from the home, displayed a handgun and demanded the dirt bike.
Police said both robbers proceeded to take the dirt bike and were last seen pushing it up the road.
The victim told police he drove to a convenience store in the 4000 block of Ritchie Highway to call the police.
Officers searched the area for the dirt bike and the suspects, but were unsuccessful in locating either.
Police said the robbers were described as two black men in their teens with short hair, wearing dark clothing.
Police offered some safety tips for buyers and sellers: Prior to conducting a transaction, obtain and confirm a name and telephone number from the seller/buyer. When responding to a location to sell/purchase an online item from a seller/buyer, park in a high-traffic area such as a shopping center, preferably during daylight hours, and have adult witnesses accompany you to the location.


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A 'Grinch' has struck again—this time just west of Fort Worth, Texas.
Police in Parker County, Texas have arrested an ex-con for the alleged theft of Christmas decorations in Aledo after surveillance video captured the thief in action, NBCDFW.com reported.
Authorities received a number of tips from viewers after local media, including NBCDFW.com, published the surveillance photos and video on Tuesday. Police arrested the suspect Dana Brock, 43, at her home Wednesday morning, according to The Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler told the Star-Telegram that investigators believe Brock may have been hanging the stolen lights on other houses as part of a holiday-lighting business.
"[A Hurst, Texas resident] said [Brock] strung lights (on her home) and then they heard about her arrest and said, 'Uh-oh, maybe these lights on our home are stolen,'" Fowler told the newspaper.
Investigators also found a number of laptops inside Brock's home and she remained in jail Wednesday afternoon, the Star-Telegram reported.
This is not the first time Brock has had a run-in with the law. She has served at least three prison sentences, NBCDFW.com reported: Her sentences include convictions for injuring a child, for credit card abuse, for possession of meth and for solicitation to commit murder.
Related: Phoenix cops replace sick girl's Christmas lights stolen by 'Grinch'
The surveillance video was captured by area resident Ashley Starnes and her husband, according to NBCDFW.com. On the video, they reportedly saw a grown woman stealing the wreath off their front door in the wee hours of Dec. 7 and then some Christmas lights from their yard a week later.
"I was mad at first, but Merry Christmas," Ashley Starnes told NBCDFW.com. "I guess she needs it more than I do."
The Starnes' were not alone. Police said at least four other area residents fell victim to the decoration thefts in recent weeks, according to NBCDFW.com.
"It's funny because it's unusual," Parker County Sheriff Lt. Mark Arnett had told NBCDFW.com.
"But the bottom line is, people could die over this," Arnett also told NBCDFW.com, adding his fear that a startled homeowner with a weapon could confront a thief.
Slideshow: Holiday season lights up
NBCDFW.com's Frank Heinz and Scott Gordon contributed to this story.
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The 20th Annual Del Close Marathon will be June 29th - July 1st.
20 YEARS of DCM. Can You Believe?
Submissions will open on January 16th, 2018
Submissions will close on February 28th, 2018 5:00pm ET
Below is info on what will be necessary when submitting your longform improv team so you can start to prepare your submission.
There are two phases to the submission process.
Phase One: Longform Improv Show Submissions
This is when you submit your Long Form Improv Team/Show for DCM20
Regular show slots are 15-30 minutes long.
Submissions must be complete before you pay the fee.
This means:
-ALL cast members must be added at the time of submission
-Proper video link and photo must be submitted
-Submissions can not be changed once payment/code is processed
Video Submissions:
You must submit an unedited video of the team/show performance that has happened between July 1st, 2017 - February 28th, 2018
Submit a public or unlisted link from Youtube or Vimeo only.
No password protected links, no downloads, no dropbox, no google drive.
Minimum Show Length - 15 Minutes
If you already have a dashboard account, please do not create another one.
Make sure you are adding the correct person to your cast. If more than one name appears, verify the user ID number with your cast member.
You will not be able to make changes or edits once your show is submitted. You will not be able to add cast members once your show is submitted. You will not be able to swap in a different video link once your show is submitted. Incomplete submissions will be ignored and you'll lose money. You can start your submission, save it and return to it later to complete by the deadline. You can follow directions and do this, we know you can!
Phase Two: Bit Show submissions.
After acceptance emails are sent for Regular Shows we will open up submissions for Bit Shows.
Bit Shows are 5-15 minute slots during late night/early morning hours that are silly and stupid. Only performers accepted to perform via a Regular Show will be allowed to submit and/or participate in a Bit Show. Bit Shows do not require a video.
Submission Fee for Regular Shows will be $35 (Non-Refundable)
Submission Fee for Bit shows will be $5 (Non-Refundable - limit 3 submissions per person)
Important info:
You must be available to perform on June 29th - July 1st, 2018
We will not be able to honor special scheduling requests
All regular show submissions must be Long Form Improv
Important Dates:
Regular Show Submissions Open: January 16th, 2018
Regular Show Submissions Close: February 28th, 2018 - 5pm ET
Regular Show Acceptance Emails Sent: March 30th, 2018*
Bit Show Submissions Open: April 9th, 2018*
Bit Show Submissions Close: April 27th, 2018 - 5pm ET*
DCM20 Schedule Released: May 17th, 2018*
DCM20: June 29th-July 1st, 2018**
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To submit your show, go to delclosemarathon.com between January 16th - February 28th, 2018
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Serious Eats Goes Behind the Scenes at Maker's Mark
Your ticket into the secret world of boozemaking.
When I think of bourbon, I immediately think of Maker's Mark—as I'm sure many of you do, too. Whether or not it's your favorite, it's certainly one of the most iconic. I envision a red wax-sealed bottle behind just about every well-stocked bar, high-end or low, the world over.
So I found it almost hard to believe that every drop of the stuff is made at a single facility in Loretto, Kentucky. And last week, we got a chance to see just how it happens, from the corn delivery to barreling to bottling.
The Basics
Let's start at the beginning—what is bourbon, exactly? All bourbons are barrel-aged grain spirits, but there are additional criteria they must meet. For a whiskey to classify as bourbon, it must be made from at least 51% corn. Bourbon has to be lower than 160 proof at distillation; by the time it's put into the barrel, it must be 125 proof or under; that barrel must be made of charred oak, and only new barrels are allowed. In the bottle, it has to be at least 80 proof. If it's labeled as "straight bourbon," it must be aged for at least two years. If simply labeled as "bourbon," at least four. And nothing can be added to alter what comes out of the barrel—nothing to modify the color, flavor, or texture, other than water to bring the proof down.
It's sometimes thought that bourbon can only be from a designated geographic area, the way Champagne or tequila must be produced in certain regions in order to earn that designation. That's not the case with bourbon; any American whiskey meeting the above criteria can, according to most trade regulations, be labeled as bourbon. However, 95% of it does, like Maker's, come from the area surrounding Bardstown, Kentucky.
Making Bourbon at Maker's
What's New On Serious Eats
Well-known though it may be, Maker's has about a tenth of the production of its bourbon neighbor down the road, Jim Beam. Their entire production still takes place at their Kentucky distillery. Education director Dave Pudlo brought us around to see, smell, and taste every step of the process—from grinding the corn to draining the barrels (to tasting the results). Come see how it's made!
See how bourbon's made, start to finish, in the slideshow »
About the author: Carey Jones is the Senior Managing Editor of Serious Eats. Follow her on Twitter (@careyjones).
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So my cousins and I have this saying that something that is a small dessert like object it is called a "Goodie-bite". We figure it's still a goodie, even if we are limiting ourselves to just small bite. In our dutch family there are many treats we refer to as goodie bites. :) Today is filled with goodie bites on the Chic Runner, from fashion to a few cool tips.
First off though, I would like to thank everyone for the wonderful get well wishes. With about 10,000 mgs of Vitamin C floating through my system, 200 oz. of tea, and of course NyQuil for good nights sleep, my seal cough is slowly going away. This leads to another interesting fact though. Because of my run down state I have not ran this entire week. I realized that if I continue running, I will make myself more sick and not properly allow healing. While talking to one of my friends who knew I was sick they said, "You are either deathly ill, or healthy, there is no in between for you." Which is unfortunately very true. So I figured I'll run a long run on Saturday and just start fresh next week, and work hard, instead of doing three weeks of crappy training, because I would continue to be sick. We'll see how that works out.
Yesterday after work, I was walking to my car, and it was the most beautiful Southern California running weather, and I wanted nothing more than to go to a jog. Unfortunately, I knew that this would only hinder my getting better process, so instead I endured the pain of getting my almost unibrow waxed. (Okay just kidding, it wasn't even close to a unibrow, but I'm paranoid and it was getting beyond plucking repair. I like to think that in my diseased state, was too weak to pluck, or you can blame me for being lazy.) So next week I will be able to enjoy the fresh air and nice breezes on my evening runs and with wonderful looking brows… :)
We have this little thing that Starbucks introduced called the Power Protein Plate. It basically has all my life staples in it, including cheese, an apple, a bagel, peanut butter and grapes.
Now it's 4.95, which is a little pricey, but at the same time, it's on the go, easy to eat and is super tasty. Just make sure the sprig of grapes is ripe, and not 'sad' as some websites have stated some of the plates to be filled with 'sad grapes'. I wouldn't want anyone to have sad grapes and blame me! The plate has 330 calories with peanut butter, 260 without which is about one-third of your daily protein intake.
Also another food tip from Eat This, Not That! (my favorite book of all time) Swaps Section.
You can eat two Mc Donald's Egg McMuffin's for the same amount of calories as one sesame seed bagel with cream cheese.
It may be shocking, but it's true, and that is the exact reason why I love this book. I used to always think that a bagel with cream cheese (okay, maybe the amount of cream cheese I was putting on was a little unnecessary) was much better than eating something like a McMuffin. Wrong! That's what the book taught me in so many different ways. It's so helpful to keep around, I swear. So the book is not only great because not only because I am obsessed with Egg McMuffins, but because it reflects what we think is the key to successful weight loss: satisfying your cravings with smarter choices, not eliminating the foods you love altogether. So another plug for the book, I know, but I'm shamelessly a promoter for it, it's amazing.
Hope everyone has a great weekend, and next week something big will happen at Chic… besides me giving a review of the new oatmeal at Starbucks! :) Get Excited!


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As Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was announced as being active against the San Francisco 49ers, the stadium had different ideas.
The start of Monday Night Football at Candlestick Park in San Francisco was delayed Monday when a transformer exploded just outside the stadium.
The start of the game was delayed indefinitely and ESPN showed aerial footage of fans sitting in their seats waiting for the lights to go back on.
The lights went out for just under 30 minutes before turning back on at 5:44 p.m.
There were no reports of an earthquake or an foul play involved. Candlestick Park is one of the oldest stadiums in the league and the outage is sure to start the debate for the dire need for the 49ers to get a new stadium.
U.S. & World
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The stadium was built in 1960 and the 49ers began playing in the park in 1972.


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The Certified Nurse Aide course requires a great deal of paperwork to be completed. Some forms are required for the University, some for the State of Alaska and the majority are required for the Ketchikan Medical Center to complete clinicals. Following is a list of the required paperwork:
UAS Ketchikan Campus:
- Code of Conduct/Student Agreement
- UAS Drug Policy
- Pre-Class Questionnaire
- Course Registration Form (Course fee due at time of registration)
State of Alaska:
- Application for Certified Nurse Aide by Exam (must be signed in front of a Notary Public)
- Fingerprints (One set - requires additional cost)
Ketchikan Medical Center:
- Student Contact Information Sheet
- Liability Waiver
- Student Agreement
- Confidentiality Agreement
- Code of Ethics
- HR Policy Manual Review & Quizzes
- Application for Background Check (KMC form)
- Disclosure of Personal History & Release of Information Authorization (Alaska DHSS form)
- Fingerprints with Certificate of Positive ID (Two sets)
- Health Forms
- TB (PPD) Test, Tetanus (Tdap) Shot (current within past 10 years) & Annual Influenza Shot must be current
- Titers (Blood Test for proof of immunizations)
- Immunization Records
- Latex Allergy Questionnaire
- Employee Health Exam Questionnaire
- Health Care Practitioner Exam (to be completed by your doctor during physical exam)
- Medical Questionnaire for Respiratory Protection Program
These forms will be reviewed at the Mandatory Orientation Sessions held prior to the start of the course. When packets are complete, please contact Abby Kosmos at (907) 228-4537 to schedule an appointment to review your packet materials.


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Assuming you have a Photobucket image hosting account (http://www.photobucket.com)
From the screen where you can view your image, select the code that appears in the "IMG" link area on the right
If the word "Copied" appears in yellow, then the code has been copied to the Windows clipboard, otherwise select the text (turning it blue) right click and select "Copy".
Now, in the FOG forum post editor, right click and select "Paste"
Job done
If you don't have the "IMG" option, click the text "Update Link Options" (you'll need to be logged in to your Photobucket account), which will bring up this screen:
Ensure the indicated box is ticked, then scroll down and click the "Save" button.
The FOG forum is quite strict on posted image sizes (max 640 pixels on the long side). You can get Photobucket to automatically resize all uploaded images: From the same screen as above scroll down a little to the "Upload Options" section and click on "Customize Upload Options"
Select the 640x480 option and hit Save.
I hope that helps
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Germany's Thomas Bach will be the next International Olympic Committee President (IOC) after he was elected to the post for an eight-year term at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires on Tuesday (10).
Bach, 59, becomes the ninth IOC President and succeeds Belgium's Jacques Rogge, who has served in this role for the last 12 years.
"This makes me happy. I want to lead the IOC according to my motto – unity in diversity. I want to be a president for all," said Bach, who beat off five other challengers and was elected after just two rounds of voting.
"I will do my very best to balance well all the needs of the stakeholders of the Olympic movement. You should know my doors, my ears and my heart are always open to you."
He was a 1976 Olympic Games gold medallist in fencing and a link to Bach's IOC biography is provided on the right-hand side of this webpage.
IAAF President Lamine Diack, whose IOC membership terminates at the end of 2013 as he has reached the age limit, was appointed to become an Honorary Member at the end of the year as he has served as an IOC Member for over 10 years.
Nine new IOC Members were also elected on Tuesday and from the world of athletics they include Kenya's Paul Tergat and Sweden's Stefan Holm.
Tergat, 44, won at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships on five consecutive occasions from 1995-99. He twice won the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships gold medal twice, in 1999 and 2000, and also won two silver medals over 10,000m at both the Olympic Games and IAAF World Championships.
He also held the World record for the Marathon for four years between 2003 and 2007.
Holm, 37, was the 2004 Olympic Games High Jump gold medallist and also won at the IAAF World Indoor Championships on four occasions.


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