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SpeedNews Aviation Suppliers Conferences 2013 report
Aircraft industry publication SpeedNews drew 540 delegates to its back-to-back aviation suppliers conferences, held March 4-6 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel (Beverly Hills, Calif.). Here's HPC's take on the proceedings.
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Aircraft industry publication SpeedNews drew 540 delegates to its back-to-back aviation suppliers conferences, held March 4-6 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel (Beverly Hills, Calif.). The day-long 3rd Annual Aerospace Raw Materials & Manufacturers Supply Chain Conference preceded the two-day 27th Annual Commercial Aviation Industry Suppliers Conference, providing what organizers described as a global in-depth look at the $166.6 billion (USD) aviation industry and the supply chain that supports its engines of production.
One question drew strong interest and comment: Why has aviation been flying high while most of the world economy has been crawling? World air travel reportedly has grown 5 percent per year since 1980, in spite of 9/11 and other challenges, and air travel demand is forecast to continue at about the same rate per revenue passenger kilometer (RPK) for the next 20 years. Richard Aboulafia, a VP at aerospace and defense market analysis firm Teal Group Corp. (Fairfax, Va.), graphed 57 percent growth between 2008 and 2012, while almost "nothing else grew in that period," he says. Alan Pardoe, head of marketing communications for Airbus (Toulouse, France), noted that in a global economy it's "always sunny somewhere," and the sun's brightest today in emerging Asia Pacific, Latin American and African markets.
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Several conference speakers attributed this surprising growth to low interest rates combined with new technologies that reduce fuel consumption and, thus, combat rising fuel costs — primarily reengined airplanes that feature lightweight materials, including composites. This combination has encouraged airlines to purchase new aircraft and retire older models.
The already strong demand for composites, therefore, is expected to grow 10 percent per year, according to Dr. Kevin Michaels, VP of aviation consulting firm ICF SH&E (Fairfax, Va.). He noted that new wing designs can be made with composites in ways "you can't make them out of metals." For 2012, Michaels shows composites total buy weight at 4 percent, or about 48 million lb (21,770 metric tonnes) out of a total of about 1.2 billion lb (5,443,110 metric tonnes) of raw material. In terms of revenue, that's 16 percent, or $1.4 billion of the total $8.7 billon. Rivals The Boeing Co. (Chicago, Ill.) and Airbus reportedly account for nearly 70 percent of the total (see two charts, titled "2012 Aerospace Raw Materials Value" and "2012 Aerospace Raw Materials Buy Weight").
Boeing's Jim Haas, director of product marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, expressed the company's satisfaction with the composite structure of its 787 Dreamliner and with its decision to go that route, despite delays caused by the technology learning curve and problems associated with the company's unprecedented outsourcing program. "Things are going well now," he states. On the subject of Boeing's lithium-ion battery problems on the 787, Haas noted that Boeing has been working with outside and inside technology teams to diagnose the problem and find a solution. A proposed solution was approved for U.S. Federal Aviation Admin. (FAA)-sanctioned flight testing at HPC press time. In the meantime, Boeing has continued production of the 787, believing the problem will be suitably resolved.
Meanwhile, Airbus is using an average of 40 metric tonnes (88,185 lb) of composites every day, and its A350 XWB is more than 50 percent composites by weight. Further, David Williams, VP of procurement for Airbus, forecast a demand for more than 27,000 new commercial aircraft in the next 20 years, with single-aisle models dominating.
In fact, single-aisle, narrow-body passenger jets are expected to dominate the commercial aviation market in coming years. Bombardier's (Montréal, Québec, Canada) new single-aisle CSeries jets will feature composite wings built in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Embraer (São José dos Campos, Brazil) has used composites in doors and other secondary structures in its RJ models and is considering composites for primary structure on its new E-175. Tokyo, Japan-based Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. (formed in 2008 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) is introducing its Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), which has composites in its empennage and flight-control surfaces.
Jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney (East Hartford, Conn.) has a carbon/epoxy composite fan case on its PW1000G PurePower Geared Turbofan engine that powers the Airbus A320neo aircraft family. It incorporates a fan drive gear system that reduces the fan speed, providing lower noise and improved fuel consumption. Carbon fiber and 6-6 silicon carbide composites (along with titanium aluminide) are also incorporated into engines that are being built for narrow-body planes by Cincinnati, Ohio-based CFM International, a joint venture of GE (Evendale, Ohio) and Snecma SA (Evry, France, part of the Safran Group). This technology has enabled CFM to cut its LEAP engine's weight by two-thirds in several areas, compared to a comparable-size engine with metal parts. The engine also features breakthrough "lean combustion" technology.
Materials procurement paradigm shift
The SpeedNews raw materials and manufacturers supply chain event, on March 4, highlighted major changes in procurement strategies at Boeing, Airbus and other OEMs. Airbus said it has placed all procurement under one umbrella. Composites and metallic materials are sourced according to value. Williams stressed a huge drive to globalize sources, with vertical integration the key. Contractual agreements, he added, will prescribe suppliers' duties and challenges, with suppliers managing their supply chain. At Boeing, John Byrne, VP of aircraft materials and structures, supplier management for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, identified several challenges to his company's supply chain, especially in raw materials supply, including composite materials. Byrne emphasized that material quality needs continuous improvement, while at the same time costs must be reduced through lean manufacturing principles and innovation, especially in robotics and automation. He stressed Boeing's focus on the needs of its customers, the airlines, through a dynamic subtier network that comprises a few top suppliers, with the aim of reducing complexity and increasing the production rate. He also advised suppliers that Boeing's scrap recovery strategy is "No scrap left behind!" Further, Boeing aims to reduce raw materials costs by converting built-up structures to monolithic structures wherever possible, consolidating parts and reducing part labor and processing costs. Finally, Byrne spoke of reconfiguring the supply chain architecture by determining the true opportunities and risks offered. "We are willing to take risks when introducing new technology or products," he concluded.
Speakers from composite material and parts suppliers also addressed conference attendees. David Leach, global market manager – composites for Henkel Corp. (Rocky Hill, Conn.), summarized the evolution of composites in commercial aircraft from the use of fiberglass/phenolic and epoxy in interiors and as secondary structure to the advent of carbon fiber/epoxy in primary structure. Leach then presented a brief primer on high-performance materials and processes and suggested opportunities for improvement. Notable among his recommendations were inline inspection for automated fiber placement (AFP), materials with flexible cure schemes, out-of-autoclave curing and materials standardization.
Timothy Kirk, director of sales for prepreg manufacturer Toray Composites America Inc. (Tacoma, Wash.), discussed the scale and capacity needed to meet the demands of the commercial aerospace primary market and strategies for managing capacity requirements.
Vincent Chanron, VP of marketing for Daher-Socata (Paris, France and Los Angeles, Calif.), a Tier 1 aerostructures supplier, talked about the advantages and applications of thermoplastic composites in aerospace, especially for parts that benefit from thermoplastics' greater impact resistance, including the wing leading edge, the cockpit floor and movable ribs and spars. Although this is still a niche market, 20 to 40 percent growth is expected in the next few years.
A panel moderated by Trevor Stansbury, president of Supply Dynamics, a Loveland, Ohio-based supply-chain management group, discussed the ways collaborative raw-material purchasing programs are transforming the raw materials supply chain. Comprising representatives from Boeing, United Technologies (Hartford, Conn.) and Cessna Aircraft Co. (Wichita, Kan.), the panel discussed the benefits of Material Demand Aggregation, or consolidation. Aggregation procedures identify and analyze material costs of finished parts and consolidate subtier suppliers; they also consolidate parts into near net-shape assemblies.
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It was lovely to spend more than just a weekend at our little cottage and we managed a few trips out and about. We decided to go to Totnes again as we were so taken with it when we visited a few months ago for the first time. It was a good decision as some splendid finds resulted and the sun shone all day!
There is a good market in Totnes and this time, it had its fair share of vintagey stalls. Here is a particularly lovely one belonging to a lady called Amanda of whom I had already heard via another blog. She has been kind enough to allow me to post some photos. Drool away!
I understand Amanda is usually at the Friday market, we were just lucky this time, but bear that in mind if you fancy a visit. Her stall is a pretty mix of vintage finds and handmade goods. Have a look again at the second photo. I bought the mirror on the right hand side. I have been after one of these painted mirrors for a while so imagine my delight when I had a choice of two! It is now adorning my growing "floral wall" at the cottage and necessitated a full-scale reshuffle, directed by yours truly but effected by my very helpful other half and his hammer. It's difficult to photograph well (particularly without getting my reflection in it which really ruins it!)
We bought a very nice art deco clock for our Burgh room from another stall (the items on the stall were the contents of a house left to the stallholder's mother, she told us) and I couldn't resist two pretty old rugs (only £5 each). They're lovely and thick under your toes and I think will make the lounge lovely and snuggly in Winter...
Finished at the market (and having sampled a few delicious morsels at the Farmers' Market upstairs), we carried on up the hill to my fave shop, a real draw for me to visit Totnes and which I mentioned in a previous post, "This'n'That". This time, being a slightly more experienced blogger, I managed to take a few shots of the exterior (I confess that I took them on my way out, I was once again too eager to dive inside!)
Hmm, I really would like that duck egg blue milk churn...
We succumbed to more (6!) vintage Eileen Soper prints (which accompanied the Enid Blyton nature books) and admired the beautiful selection of vintage and modern reproduction goods in the shop, artfully displayed. Here you can see some of the prints on the walls.
The Munchkin was excited to behold a good stash of Enid Blyton and Ladybird books.
It was a joy to visit a shop where the owner enjoys having a chat about the things she sells and I highly recommend a visit.
Another attractive shop caught my eye...
And another one round the corner had a very fetching window display, not vintage goods but the next best thing, Cath K and Greengate!
The other great thing about Totnes is that there are lots of delightful tea shops.

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Seattle: Salsa Dancing on Alki Beach
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Dancing by Elliott Bay, sponsored by Belltown Dance Studio. While I was there to dance, I also spent part of the time exploring Strobist lighting techniques because of the dramatic setting. For current Salsa on Alki information, see the Salsa on Alki Facebook page or the Salsa on Alki Beach group on Meetup.com. I took these photographs in 2009.


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PBS KIDS Video App Launches on Android and Chromecast
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Free App is Chromecast's First Children's Offering, Making it Easy for More Families to Stream Full Episodes and Clips of PBS KIDS' Curriculum-Based Shows on Increasingly Varied Platforms
Arlington, VA, June 24, 2014 – PBS KIDS announced today that its popular video app is now available on Android and compatible with Chromecast; the app is the first children's offering available on Chromecast. The PBS KIDS Video App gives families free, streaming access to thousands of videos, including clips and full episodes from their favorite PBS KIDS series. As children continue to stream videos on increasingly varied platforms, PBS KIDS' offering on Android and Chromecast makes it easy for more families to access programming from the number-one kids' educational media brand. With a cross-platform approach, PBS KIDS is increasingly serving children and families across America, wherever they live, learn and play, with content that is proven to help kids build key skills for success in school and in life.
"We are thrilled to be Chromecast's first kids' content provider, furthering PBS KIDS' commitment to providing trusted, educational content to families wherever they are," said Ira Rubenstein, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital, PBS. "Extending the PBS KIDS Video App to Android will also offer many more families the opportunity to stream the PBS KIDS series that they love, anytime and anywhere, building on the success of the app on other platforms to date. The PBS KIDS Video App launched on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch in 2011 and has been incredibly popular since. The app has averaged 245 million video streams per month in 2014, which is an increase of over 65 percent year-over-year, so we know that parents are eager to access this content." *
Chromecast offers families a new, easy way to watch video from the PBS KIDS Video App on their home TV screens. To start streaming, users simply plug Chromecast into their TV, connect it to WiFi, then press the cast icon to cast videos and more from the PBS KIDS Video App to their TV.
PBS KIDS Video provides free access to videos from series such as PEG + CAT, SESAME STREET, THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT!, DINOSAUR TRAIN, CURIOUS GEORGE, DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD and WILD KRATTS. Videos are updated weekly.
The PBS KIDS Video App features helpful tools for parents, such as:
- Additional information about TV series, including intended age and learning goals
- Marking series as "favorites"
- Easy access to download related educational apps and episodes
The PBS KIDS Video App is available for free in the Google Play store, Amazon App Store, and the App Store on iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. More information is available at: http://pbskids.org/apps/pbs-kids-video.html.
In addition to the PBS KIDS Video App and Chromecast, PBS KIDS offers free streaming access to its trusted educational content on Kidscreen- and Webby-award-winning pbskids.org, Apple TV and the PBS KIDS Roku channel.
Images and other press materials from PBS KIDS are available on PBS PressRoom.
About PBS KIDS
PBS KIDS, the number one educational media brand for kids, offers all children the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television, online, mobile and community-based programs. Kidscreen- and Webby-award winning pbskids.org provides engaging interactive content, including the PBS KIDS video player, now offering free streaming video accessible on computer- and mobile-device-based browsers. For more information on specific PBS KIDS content supporting literacy, science, math and more, visit pbs.org/pressroom, or follow PBS KIDS on Twitter and Facebook.
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The Gantetsu Escort Mission (丸鉄護送任務, Gantetsu Gosō Ninmu) spans from episodes 209 to 212 of the Naruto anime. This arc is preceded by the Prized Artefact Escort Mission and the Yakumo Kurama Rescue Mission and is followed by the Menma Memory Search Mission.
Naruto, Lee, and Sakura were ordered to help escort a wanted criminal ninja named Gantetsu, who was a member of a criminal group called Shinobazu, to the Land of Forests' capital to be interrogated and standing trial. Upon arriving to their mission, Naruto and the others met Todoroki, one of the head guards. He quickly made it clear that he didn't want the young ninja's assistance. It was clear that for some reason, he had especially high anger towards Gantetsu. During the transfer through a river, the Shinobazu attacked and caused Naruto, Todoroki, and Gantetsu to be separated from the rest of the group. After a short skirmish with the Shinobazu's leader, Shura, they fell off a waterfall, forcing Shura to retreat. While Naruto managed to survive with Todoroki and Gantetsu, they were now lost in a maze-like forest which was also the Shinobazu's home territory. Surprisingly, Gantetsu offered to lead them through it. He explained to Naruto and Todoroki that the Shinobazu were after him to get the money Gantetsu stole from them back and then kill him. Along the way, one of the Shinobazu members, Toki, found and attacked them. With help from Gantetsu, Naruto was able to defeat him. In doing so, Gantetsu had gained Naruto's trust, but Todoroki's rage towards the man seemed to grow even greater.
It was then revealed that Gantetsu killed Todoroki's family five years ago. After learning what happened to his family, Todoroki joined the Land of Forests' police to find his family's killers and trained extensively so he could get revenge. Finally giving into his anger, Todoroki decided he would kill Gantetsu now. Then, another member of Shinobazu appeared named Monju. He captured Gantetsu in a net of steel string and caught Naruto and Todoroki in a constricting trap of more steel string. Later after Monju left with Gantetsu, Naruto and Todoroki used their sweat to weaken the strings and broke free. Naruto then caught up with Gantetsu and Monju, who was fighting Sakura, Lee, and strangely a group of kids. With some shadow clone tactics, Naruto was able to defeat Monju. Unfortunately, Shura then emerged and took one of the kids after Monju told him the boy knew where their treasure was.
The boy turned out to actually be Todotoki's younger brother Akio. Todoroki, who arrived not too long ago, refused to believe it. It was explained that while Gantetsu was once a true member of the Shinobazu, after witnessing the pointless slaughtering his gang was doing, he began secretly saving children from Shinobazu's attacks and sheltering them, starting with Akio. After time, the children began looking to Gantetsu as a father-figure and became a new family. Eventually, he decided that his actions of merely sheltering people wasn't enough and decided to put an end to Shinobazu. He then formulated a plan to steal from them their stolen goods and get caught by the police, knowing that this would drag out Shinobazu and give the opportunity needed to stop them permanently. Despite learning the truth, Todoroki refused to forgive Gantetsu as he still helped in the murder of his parents.
Naruto, Todoroki, and Lee then Gantetsu then joined in saving Akio while Sakura stayed behind to watch the orphans. Upon arriving at the base, Todoroki accidentally set of the alarms. They soon found Akio, only to be caught in a trap set by Shura, who set the building on fire. Naruto left Todoroki and Gantetsu to save Akio while he went after Shura. With the assistance of his shadow clones, he was able to catch up to Shura and defeat him with a Rasengan. Later with the Shinobazu destroyed, Todoroki grudgingly decided to let Gantetsu go and watch over the orphans, swearing he would tell his superiors Gantetsu was killed in the fire. Todoroki also grudgingly decided to let his brother Akio stay and help Gantetsu.
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|"The Bewildering Forest"
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Poll finds 58 per cent of Canadians don't care if NHL dispute is settled
Vancouver Canucks fans hold up signs in a game against Columbus Blue Jackets during NHL regular season action at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, B.C., March 17, 2012.
Photograph by: Arlen Redekop , PNG
VANCOUVER - A new poll suggests the majority of Canadians don't care whether the two sides in the National Hockey League labour dispute reach an agreement.
The poll, conducted Dec. 11-16 by NRG Research Group and Peak Communications, surveyed 801 individuals in six regions across Canada.
Respondents were asked the following question: "Do you think the NHL lockout will be settled in the next couple of weeks; in the new year in time for a shortened season to be played; not until it's too late for games to be played this season; or don't you care?"
Fifty eight per cent of respondents said they did not care. Only five per cent thought a deal could be done in the next couple of weeks and the season would start up in 2012, while eight per cent thought a deal could be done in the new year in time for a shortened season to be played. Twenty-five per cent believe it is too late for any kind of season to be salvaged. The remaining four per cent either did not know or refused to answer.
"I was a little bit surprised how many people said I don't really care what they do," Brian Owen, CEO and founder of NRG Research Group, said in an interview Tuesday. "Fifty-eight per cent is a pretty good number.
"My conclusion is that the fan base is a narrower segment of the (Canadian) population than I had initially thought and that maybe the assumption that Canada is hockey-mad applies to maybe 25 per cent of the population as opposed to 100 per cent of the population."
Owen said the poll result can not be encouraging news for the NHL or its players.
"When 58 per cent of the population say they don't care, there is a high level of indifference and the people responsible for the game have to be aware that potentially could grow if they don't get this thing solved."
A survey of 801 people provides results with a confidence interval of plus or minus 3.5 per cent 19 times out of 20.
NRG Research Group is a public affairs and market research company, with offices in Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg.
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You'll find burrata cheese at some supermarkets and at specialty foods stores, Italian markets, and cheese shops.
- Yield
- Makes 6 servings
- 4 (3-ounce) packages thinly sliced pancetta (Italian bacon)
- 6 (3- to 4-inch-diameter, 3/4-inch-thick) slices ripe Costoluto Genovese tomatoes or other ripe red heirloom tomatoes
- 1/2 cup (packed) coarsely torn fresh basil leaves
- 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon fleur de sel or coarse kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 12 (4 x 4 x 1/2-inch) slices egg bread or brioche, lightly toasted
- 18 ounces burrata cheese
- 4 cups (about) baby arugula or mixed microgreens
- Working in batches, cook pancetta in heavy large skillet over medium heat until brown and crisp, about 6 minutes per batch. Transfer to paper towels to drain. DO AHEAD Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.
- Place tomato slices in shallow baking dish. Add basil, olive oil, oregano, and fleur de sel. Sprinkle with ground black pepper and turn to coat. Let stand at least 30 minutes and up to 1 hour.
- Place 6 toasted bread slices on work surface. Divide burrata among bread slices and spread to edges. Top each with 1 tomato slice, then pancetta slices, dividing equally. Top with arugula. Cover with remaining 6 toasted bread slices, and press each slightly to adhere. Cut each sandwich in half and serve.


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Used custom measurements and it came perfectly as expected. 100% satisfied with my dress.
Sep 17, 2020
Surprised I received this dress within 10 days of placing order. It was in such a small box I expected it to be extremely wrinkled, it wasn't! It was a little tight thru the hips but I think some Spanx will help that! Material was higher quality than what I expected. I am pretty sure this is "the dress".
Sep 05, 2020
Overall, I really like my dress. It just arrived a couple days ago. Still a little time before the wedding to do a few little tweaks. The quality is excellent, except the tiny little zipper. It is a pain to get it past the waist seam. Just know it might take some work or even need to be replaced. But for basically an "off the rack" dress.....I just ordered a standard size, it is fantastic. The stitching is good, and some women might get away with just the built in boning and padding. Love me all brides, I have a couple of things I will do to make it my own.
Aug 29, 2020
The fabric is beautiful, I want a wedding dress like this but is there way close up the front and the back
Aug 27, 2020
Fits amazing and so beautiful.
Aug 21, 2020
This dress was everything and more!! So many complaints!! I couldn't have picked a better dress!! So happy with my decision!!
Aug 12, 2020
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Aug 11, 2020
I was reluctant to order something without trying on - decided to have the dress customized to my size. I was so surprised to get the dress so quickly (not even 2 weeks after I ordered) and especially surprised to see that it was made so well. The dress is long for this style - I will have mine shortened a bit so I don't trip over on my wedding day! Something to be aware of when you order this particular dress. My dress as seen in the picture is an ivory color.
Jul 04, 2020
My dress is everything the way it look in the picture is exactly how it was delivered to me. Only is they need to stop use fedex for they delivers they had my package delayed had me waiting days because every time they said it was coming they changed the date
Jul 03, 2020
I was SUPER skeptical as we all are when purchasing something from so far away and with the reasonable price. I purchased Aug 21 and received it today Aug 31. I immediately opened it and was excited that the material was great and it seemed to look exactly like the pic. I tried it on and the fit was almost perfect. I'm normally an 8-10 and decided to get a US 10. It was tight but that's how I wanted the fit. I gambled and despite some of the bad reviews I seen... I believe I came out a winner. Thanks again. Pictures coming in October for my anniversary shoot!!!!Instagram niece_islove
Jun 25, 2020
Was very sceptical about ordering online but due to the lockdown I had no choice as I get married in September my dress arrived today and I ran upstairs to try it on and I cried this dress is even better in person its absolutely beautiful if your thinking about buying a dress this is the one it pulls you in and makes you look slimmer im in love with my dress cant wait for my big day now thank you so much lalamira for making my dream dress real xx
Jun 18, 2020
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May 06, 2020
Order a dress for my wedding, it's perfect, the same as picture, thanks lalamira,thanks for so beautiful dress.
Apr 26, 2020
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Apr 08, 2020
The dress is beautiful! It runs a little small so get a size or 2 big
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Archie doesn't even know the shitstorm it's in for as soon as One Million Moms and evangelical Christians get a hold of issue #636, in which agent of Satan Sabrina the Teenage Witch swaps the sexes of the main characters. Archie becomes "Archina," Betty becomes "Billy," and Veronica becomes "Ronnie." According to people who know way more about Archie than I do, all this genital exchanging shouldn't hinder the comic's central love triangle — "Archina" will be just as indecisive a woman as Archie was a dude.
Can you even imagine how conservative groups would react to this amount of social transgression? There are so many angles of attack — witchcraft, teen sex, sex changes, freckles — that it might just overwhelm any potential pearl-clutchers. Archie, with this new issue, may have shown us a way to beat the social right-wingers — flaunt all their values at once using a bright, comic-book pallet. The frothiness of their ensuing outrage will render them speechless.
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German industry production up less than expected
Industrial production in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, rose less than expected in November and not enough to offset a substantial fall the previous month.
The Economy Ministry said Wednesday that production increased by 0.2 percent compared with October, well short of the 1 percent gain economists had expected. The previous month's decline was revised to 2 percent from the initial reading of 2.6 percent.
Recent data have supported assessments that the economy contracted in last year's final quarter but that the weakness was likely only temporary. Germany remains in far better shape than many other countries in the 17-nation eurozone.
The November figures were pulled up by a 1.4 percent increase in production of investment goods such as factory machinery.


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5 Healthy Ingredients I Always Buy On Amazon
While I love to support my local markets, sometimes they just don't have the ingredients I need to make my favorite healthy dishes. When that happens, I hit up Amazon, which has all of the out-there healthy food finds, often at incredibly affordable prices. Here are the five items that are often found in my cart.
Inner Flame Asafoetida
Asafoetida is a seasoning that's often used in Indian food. It has an extremely pungent odor (I keep mine in a Mason jar in the container in my pantry to contain it), but in food, it mellows out to a garlicky, oniony flavor that rounds out and adds necessary depth to dishes (if your homemade Indian food doesn't taste anything like what you eat at restaurants, adding asafoetida is a great step in the right direction). Needless to say, it's impossible to find at my local grocer, to I order this brand, which is gluten-free (many brands contain flour to cut the stickiness of the resin) and also contains turmeric. Asafoetida, Inner Flame ($10.99 for 2.8 ounces)
Justin's Classic Cashew Butter
I love using cashew butter, which tastes buttery and a little sweeter than almond butter, in my baked goods. I find that it has an almond cookie-dough-like flavor, especially when combined with coconut sugar and cacao nibs. Peanut butter and almond butter have become common at my local grocery store, but cashew butter is still hit or miss, so I ordered a few jars on Amazon so I always have it on hand. I especially love the creamy texture of Justin's. Classic Cashew Butter, Justin's ($11.99 for 12 ounces)
Anthony's Arrowroot Flour
Arrowroot flour isn't flour at all; it's made from powdered arrowroot, a tuber commonly found in South America. It's a staple for adding lightness to grain-free baked goods (a little bit of it adds a ton of lift to almond-flour-based recipes). I also love to use it as an alternative for breading—when combined with an egg dip, it makes a perfectly crispy batter, whether baked or fried. It has a super neutral flavor that plays well in dishes both sweet and savory. I can find arrowroot as some local markets, but it's often sold in tiny bags in the spice section, so I prefer to purchase in bulk online. This brand is organic and reasonably priced, with a great texture. Arrowroot Flour, Anthony's ($11.99 for 2.5 pounds)
A Taste of Thai Wide Rice Noodles
Wide rice noodles are key to making a variety of Thai dishes, which I love to use as a way to use up leftover veggies (I just stir-fry them with onion, tamari, and toasted sesame oil, then toss them with these noodles). I've resorted to subbing fettuccine in desperate days of yore, but the results were so terrible that I've started keeping a few packs of these on hand. This brand contains only two ingredients—rice flour and tapioca starch—and are totally gluten-free, so I can make dinner for anyone, regardless of their dietary preferences. Wide Rice Noodles, A Taste of Thai ($8.99 for 16 ounces)
Manitoba Harvest Organic Hemp Hearts
I love hemp hearts as a complete source of protein that's incredibly versatile. I use them to make my own five-second nondairy milk or to add protein and omega-3s to my smoothies. They can also serve as breading for fish or chicken. While I can sometimes find hemp hearts at my local grocer, I prefer to keep a big bag on hand, so I stock up on Amazon and keep them in my freezer to preserve the delicate fats. Organic Hemp Hearts, Manitoba Harvest ($8.36 for 12 ounces)
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(Pocket-lint) - It is worth noting that, before we start, this specific iteration of Vuzix's Wrap 920 glasses is not intended for consumer use. Yes, they are available to anyone, but at £1499 a pop, it's unlikely that you'll be that interested.
Instead the Wrap 920AR glasses are for the development community, universities and the like. They allow the right people with the right ideas on how to advance augmented reality in a 3D space to practice what they preach. There are various demonstrative applications available for viewing through the headset, but the biggest draw that comes with them is the included devkit, and MAXimum3D plug in for Autodesk 3ds Max Design software.
That said, we were itching to have a go ourselves, even though we could never be called "developers" in a million years. And the demos on offer gave us a good glimpse at the potential of 3D augmented reality.
Previously, the only AR we'd seen was through an Android handset, with Mattel's Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots prototype, and although that was rendered in 3D, the display clearly wasn't.
Through the Vuzix headset, however, with its two side-by-side LCD screens - one for each eye - and twin front-mounted cameras, you get a greater sense of immersion, and a genuine 3D effect. The kit illustrates the potential of augmented reality in a far greater way.
Our demo of children's book, My Friend is an Alien, where renders of the characters pop out of the pages, was a prime example.
And with the company making overtures on the tech progressing to see-through glasses within the next 18 months, we felt like we were experiencing the start of something big.
There are, naturally, many hurdles yet to overcome, including price, but the company promises that demand will bring it crashing down. The more it makes, the cheaper it can sell them for.
Certainly, after the developers get cracking, there should even be plenty of content to view by then.
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It happened again. Somebody in my life dropped dead yesterday. Unexpectedly. At 59 years of age.
Gayle was a hair stylist, and he had my wife, my mother in law, and me as clients. Stereotypes are often based in truth, and yes, this man was gay. He was actually one of the handful of gay men that I've had lengthy conversations with. That I knew well. I really liked this man, and the shock of his sudden passing has me really upset.
I found out about this on Facebook. All of a sudden I started seeing condolence messages popping up on my wall. I didn't get it at first. I thought that one of Gayle's friends had passed, and it was his friends sending condolence messages for his loss. I was interested to find out who this was, so I went to his wall. The reality of what happened smacked me. Hard. I told my wife, and she thought I was misunderstanding something. No. It was true. Our friend was gone.
Gayle was not married, and there is nobody out there to remove his Facebook page, so of course it has turned into pages and pages of condolence messages and tributes and shock and hurt. And pictures. So many pictures, with his smiling face, surrounded by his friends. This is good. Another friend (Anne) passed a few years ago, and I also saw it on Facebook. In this case, Anne was survived by a spouse, and he shut down the Facebook page almost immediately. That left a hole. It was harder than this.
Gayle had asked my wife to remind me to bring my iPAD to my last appointment, so he could see pictures of our new RV. I did that, and before he got started working on my hair, we looked at the pictures. He was so excited for us. After that, we had conversation about all kinds of things, for the whole time I was there. We talked of volunteer work he was doing at the YWCA, the upcoming Long Beach Grand Prix, movies, a musical I was playing in, and many other things.
So what does this have to do with the RV lifestyle, and Retirement? Why am I putting this on The Two Who Wander?
Gayle is the latest in a growing number of people I know who have passed much earlier than expected. It serves as a reminder that life is fragile, and none of us know how much more time we have.
Laura and I are looking forward to adventures in our RV. If we are lucky, we will be healthy enough to enjoy this lifestyle for 10 to 15 years. A lot of people aren't that lucky. A lot of people don't make it to retirement. This gave Laura and I a feeling of urgency. We knew that the clock was running, and if we were going to do this lifestyle, we had to jump in. Now.
Both of us had reservations about doing this. Getting into the RV lifestyle is a big outlay of resources – both time and money resources. We've had negative feedback. I've been on forum threads where people ridiculed others for borrowing money to buy an RV, saying that smart people will save their money until they can afford to pay cash. We've had people poke at our good fortune of having a sound retirement that provides enough resources to get into the RV lifestyle. It's just not fair, they tell us, because everybody isn't that lucky. Maybe not, but there was a lot of hard work involved to earn this….with many 60-70 hour weeks worked over the years. We even have a family member calling us "selfish" because we don't use our resources and time purely for elder and offspring support.
I've worked through all of this in my mind. I've rejected the negative feedback. All of it.
We have responsibilities to our family, and we will fulfill those as needed, no matter what. We won't take away the very real value to our children of making their own way in life – we won't use our remaining resources to make it overly easy. If my parents would have done that, I would not have tried as hard, and I would not have achieved as much. I would not have what I have now. If and when any of our children get into real trouble, we will be there. I mean real trouble. We have done that before.
I'm not worried about borrowing money to buy an RV. With money as cheap as it is now, and the tax advantage available on the interest, it doesn't make sense to avoid a loan. And of course there is always the possibility that you're gone before you have saved enough to avoid a loan. Is that a good thing?
Laura and I made choices during our working lives that resulted in us having good pensions and savings. This involved a lot of hard work, some smarts, and some luck. Going back to school to get additional education while working full time is something that both of us did. We both worked a lot of overtime, either for pay or just for career advancement. Do I feel guilty about what we have achieved? Not one bit, but I do feel blessed and humbled and fortunate and thankful. A lot of people helped. Parents, family, friends, co-workers.
I feel just terrible that Gayle died before he got to take a rest and enjoy retirement. I feel the same way for Beth, who died at just 55, and our friend Monica, and our friend Anne, and my cousin Roger, and my brother Lew, who died at only 25.
These are wake up calls for those who live on.
Wake up and live life while you can. Don't take what you have for granted. Do what makes you happy. Use your time and resources for what you want. Cherish the time you have left.
It's later than you think.


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Sheriff Details California Gunman's Rampage
At a news conference, authorities identified Elliot Rodger as the man who allegedly stabbed three people to death and shot and killed several more in a rampage near the University of California Santa Barbara Friday night.
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I ... I'd like to start ... by ... defining the identity of the suspect in this case ... his name was Elliott ... all of her Roberts and ... Roger ... R O D G E R the summary there are a total of ten different locations with twelve actual crime scenes between those locations ... between those locations there were a total of seven fatalities ... six innocent victims ... and one suspect ... there are several videotapes to get posted but the one that was posted just prior to ... the attack is a particularly chilling one ... in which the a basically looks at the camera and talks about what his about it ...


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Beginning in the winter of 1942, the governments of the Allied powers announced their intent to punish Nazi war criminals.
In October 1943, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Josef Stalin signed the Moscow Declaration of German Atrocities. The declaration stated that at the time of an armistice, Germans deemed responsible for atrocities, massacres or executions would be sent back to those countries in which the crimes had been committed in order to be judged and punished according to the laws of the nation concerned. Major war criminals, whose crimes could be assigned no particular geographic location, would be punished by joint decisions of the Allied governments.
Though some political leaders advocated summary executions instead of trials, eventually the Allies decided to hold an International Military Tribunal. In the words of Cordell Hull, "a condemnation after such a proceeding will meet the judgment of history, so that the Germans will not be able to claim that an admission of war guilt was extracted from them under duress."
The Tribunal
The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility. The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant and so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored, because it cannot survive their being repeated.
—US chief prosecutor Robert H. Jackson
The trials of leading German officials before the International Military Tribunal (IMT), the best known of the postwar war crimes trials, formally opened in Nuremberg, Germany, on November 20, 1945, just six and a half months after Germany surrendered. On October 18, 1945, the chief prosecutors of the IMT had read the indictments against 24 leading Nazi officials. The four charges brought against these officials were:
- Conspiracy to commit crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity
- Crimes against peace
- War crimes
- Crimes against humanity
Each of the four Allied nations—the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and France—supplied a judge and a prosecution team. Lord Justice Geoffrey Lawrence of Great Britain served as the court's presiding judge. The trial's rules were the result of delicate reconciliations of the Continental and Anglo-American judicial systems.
A team of translators provided simultaneous translations of all proceedings in four languages: English, French, German, and Russian.
The Defendants
After much debate, 24 defendants were chosen to represent a cross-section of Nazi diplomatic, economic, political, and military leadership.
Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and Joseph Goebbels never stood trial, having committed suicide before the end of the war. The IMT decided not to try them posthumously so as not to create the impression that they might still be alive.
In fact, only 21 defendants appeared in court. German industrialist Gustav Krupp was included in the original indictment, but he was elderly and in failing health. It was decided in preliminary hearings to exclude him from the proceedings. Nazi Party secretary Martin Bormann was tried and convicted in absentia. Head of the German Labor Front Robert Ley committed suicide on the eve of the trial.
The Charges
The IMT had indicted the defendants on charges of crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The IMT defined crimes against humanity as "murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation...or persecutions on political, racial, or religious grounds."
A fourth charge of conspiracy was added (1) to cover crimes committed under domestic Nazi law before the start of World War II and (2) so that subsequent tribunals would have jurisdiction to prosecute any individual belonging to a proven criminal organization. Therefore, the IMT also indicted several Nazi organizations deemed to be criminal. These were the Reich Cabinet, the Leadership Corps of the Nazi Party, the SS, the Security Service (SD), the Secret State Police (Gestapo), the Stormtroopers (SA), and the General Staff and High Command of the German Armed Forces.
The defendants were entitled to a legal counsel of their choosing.
The Verdict
American chief prosecutor Robert Jackson decided to argue his case primarily on the basis of mounds of documents written by the Nazis themselves rather than eyewitness testimony so that the trial could not be accused of relying on biased or tainted testimony. Testimony presented at Nuremberg revealed much of what we know about the Holocaust including the details of the Auschwitz death machinery, the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto, and the estimate of six million Jewish victims.
The judges delivered their verdict on October 1, 1946. Three of four judges were needed for conviction.
Twelve defendants were sentenced to death, among them Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hans Frank, Alfred Rosenberg, and Julius Streicher. They were hanged, cremated in Dachau, and their ashes dropped in the Isar River. Hermann Göring escaped the hangman's noose by committing suicide the night before. The IMT sentenced three defendants to life imprisonment and four to prison terms ranging from 10 to 20 years. It acquitted three of the defendants.
Other Trials
The IMT trial at Nuremberg was just one of the earliest and most famous of several subsequent war crimes trials. Over 400 visitors attended the proceedings each day, as well as 325 correspondents representing 23 different countries.
The overwhelming majority of post-1945 war crimes trials involved lower-level officials and officers. They included concentration camp guards and commandants, police officers, members of the Einsatzgruppen, and doctors who participated in medical experiments. These war criminals were tried by military courts in the British, American, French, and Soviet zones of occupied Germany and Austria, and also in Italy in the immediate postwar years.
On October 17, 1946, only one day after the IMT defendants were executed, President Harry Truman appointed Telford Taylor to be the new American chief war crimes prosecutor. He went on to prosecute 183 high-ranking German officials in 12 separate trials. These American military tribunals are often referred to collectively as the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings. Gestapo and SS members, as well as German industrialists, were tried for their roles in implementing the Nuremberg Laws, "Aryanization," mass shootings of Jews in concentration camps, shootings by Einsatzgruppen, and deportations.
Other war criminals were tried by the courts of those countries where they had committed their crimes. In 1947, a court in Poland sentenced Auschwitz camp commandant Rudolf Hoess to death. In the courts of West Germany, many former Nazis did not receive severe sentences, with the claim of following orders from superiors often ruled a mitigating circumstance. A number of Nazi criminals therefore returned to normal lives in German society, especially in the business world.
The efforts of Nazi hunters (such as Simon Wiesenthal and Beate Klarsfeld) led to the capture, extradition, and trial of a number of Nazis who had escaped from Germany after the war. The trial of Adolf Eichmann, held in Jerusalem in 1961, captured worldwide attention.
Many war criminals, however, were never brought to trial or punished.
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Ilari Anttila Appointed Electrosonic's Service Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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Electrosonic is pleased to announce that Ilari Anttila has been named Service Director, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). Formerly head of the Nordic region managing Electrosonic's operations in Finland and Sweden, Anttila will now be based in London.
In 2010, Electrosonic's audio-visual service business in the UK expanded considerably with the acquisition of DRV, a leading corporate AV systems and service company. Anttila's appointment furthers Electrosonic's commitment to provide the highest level of service to its clients. Besides managing and expanding business in the UK, Anttila is tasked with promoting Electrosonic's service business throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
"Historically, this business has focused on the London financial sector, but opportunities exist further afield, and I have been charged with developing new business throughout the region," says Anttila of his new role. "I hope to put to work my 20 years-plus of experience in successfully managing teams and organizations of all types and sizes as we build Electrosonic across the EMEA regions."
A native of Finland with a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, ICT and Management from the Helsinki University of Technology, Anttila joined Electrosonic three years ago and has been a member of the Executive Management Board since that time.
For the past decade, Anttila has been active in various challenging posts selling professional services and managing service organizations. Prior to joining Electrosonic, he worked as a Customers Director at Finland-based Hunting Minds, where he sold their leadership management services and coached management groups and leaders of various leading international companies, including ABB, Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks. Anttila also worked for six years at Digita Oy, the Finnish broadcast and telecommunication service company belonging to the French TDF Group, culminating his stint there as Executive Vice President.
Earlier, Anttila worked for over 13 years at Nokia in various managerial positions, including working as the Head of Tetra R&D and as an International Account Manager, in which he was based in the UK for two years and managed a pan-European customer account worth in excess of £150 million.
About Electrosonic
Electrosonic is an international AV company with a strong reputation for working on complex projects, both large and small, and has through its 47 year history developed lasting partnerships with customers and suppliers. Electrosonic brings a unique breadth of experience to each project; backed by solid engineering skills, project management and quality production facilities. Beyond complete integrated systems, Electrosonic can provide a wide range of services including consultancy, technical design, maintenance and operational support.
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Serola Biomechanics, Inc. offers insight into the body's response to injury centered at the sacroiliac joint. The company and its mission is the result of research done by Dr. Rick Serola, a chiropractor. In 1988, after noticing that muscle strength increased throughout the body after sacroiliac stabilization, he began research into the underlying biomechanics. As a result, he found the need for products that were not in the marketplace, so he developed them himself.
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text: Beyond Soc Trang the landscape becomes progressively more waterlogged and water palms hug the banks of the waterways that crisscross it. A little over 40km southwest of Soc Trang, Highway 1 dips south towards the crown of BAC LIEU, before veering off west to Ca Mau. It may be the back end of nowhere, but Bac Lieu's prosperity is evident in new shopping complexes and upmarket homes around the centre. The source of this prosperity is overseas Vietnamese, many of whom hail from this region. Although there are few sights to set the pulse racing, the town's got the only accommodation between Soc Trang and Ca Mau and is in good proximity to the nearby Bac Lieu Bird Sanctuary.


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Canwest News Service - So if you are the Americans, self proclaimed underdogs that they are, how do you set about beating those big, homestanding favorites wearing the Maple Leaf today.
There are probably two approaches which can be taken. One would be to send in one tentative forechecker, pull your second and third forwards back into what is often called the trap and try to turn the puck over in the neutral zone and counter attack.
That's what the Norweigans tried and they gave up eight goals. Another approach is to send in two forecheckers as aggressively as possible and try to play a good portion of the game in the Canadian zone which is largely what Switzerland had it mind, at least they managed to pull it off more than most expected.
Norway tried to sit back and trap and they got riddled because it took all the pressure off the Canadian defence. It allowed them to walk it out and they're all good enough passers and experienced enough against the best traps to pass the puck appropriately and get it into the attacking zone.
If you're the U.S., you have a team that just might be ideal for attacking the more ponderous members of the Canadian defence, namely Chris Pronger and Brent Seabrook if he plays a lot and the older Scott Niedermayer is certainly a lot less able to dance away from pressure than he once was.
If you look at the U.S. lines the way they were constituted at Britannia Saturday afternoon, it is a team with great speed and grit up front all capable of a putting heat on the Canadian defence which appears as vulnerable as it ever has in a tournament like this. If you were U.S. coach Ron Wilson you might wish for a bit more size there, but you take what you're given and work with it. And this team has a very great deal, enough to beat anyone on any given day and maybe a few days in a row.
Ryan Kesler is as good a forechecker as you'll see in this league with his speed and snarl and it's clear he and Bobby Ryan will be trying to turn pucks over and get it to Patrik Kane with the hope he can make plays.
"The Swiss played them well we thought," said Kesler after saying and then backing off his comment about hating Canadians. "We've got to forecheck them aggressively, try to get on guys like Pronger and try to frustrate him. If we don't hit and skate it's going to be a long day."
"This is the most important game of my life and we think we can get on Prongs, maybe frustrate him a little and some of the others," says Ryan, a teammate of Niedermayers and a former teammate of Pronger. "Maybe you can't frustrate Scottie (Niedermayer) so much but we'll try other approaches with speed and grit. And I may have to talk to him (Pronger) as well. But what I say...I'll leave that between Prongs and I."
Another line ideally suited to this approach is Dustin Brown with Chris Drury and David Backes, this grouping having almost as much speed and even more size. The other two lines can both play this way as well although on paper the other two definitely seem to have the potential to be Pronger's worst nightmare. Will they be able to frustrate him enough to trigger the temper we saw in the Switzerland game. Will the quick smaller forwards like Zach Parise and Phil Kessel in particular be able to turn pucks over against Niedermayer and Dan Boyle, both of whom seemed somewhat vulnerable to pressure in the game against the Swiss?
The one thing Canada as in it's favor at the back is the size of some of the guys and the quickness of others like Duncan Keith and Drew Doughty, both of whom appear virtually impossible to forecheck effectively with any consistency when they're on their game. We speak here of size because if Pronger keeps his temper in check—always highly unlikely we might add—he, Seabrook and Shea Weber are ideally suited to virtually ignoring the smaller American forecheckers knowing that they can just use their body to shield the puck and bounce off the hit and make their play. If they get bumped off, they're certainly in good shape to win it back in the ensuing battle, outweighing most everyone but Backes and Ryan Malone.
Of course this is all theory and games are played on the ice. And the Americans were all talking about more caution and not giving up chances and odd-man rushes after their first two games, so there's a chance they'll take a more cautious approach. But in all probability this team is good enough to win this game. They don't have to steal it anymore.


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Step Behind the Fish Counter at Shelsky's, Carroll Gardens' Smoked Fish Destination
Over the decade he worked in restaurant kitchens, Peter Shelsky had many ideas for starting his own business, but when he mentioned to friends and family that he was thinking of opening an Jewish appetizing store in Brooklyn, the answer was unanimous: do it!
Since June of 2011, Shelsky's has been saving Brooklynites the schlep to Manhattan for their lox fix, along with herring, whitefish, and all sorts of other smoked and pickled food.
Shelsky's carries the Jewish appetizing staples as well as some creative updates like kung pao salmon which is cured like gravlax but with Sichuan peppercorns and chili bean paste.
I spent some time with Peter and his team behind the counter to see them at work. Take a look at the slideshow above for a look at their fish operation and how they make their specialty salads and sandwiches.
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Model Mama Miranda Kerr was seen with her gorgeous son Flynn, 22 months, in New York today (November 21).
Miranda Kerr's gorgeous guy!
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The Kardashian's take Miami
Kourtney Kardashian was seen with her partner Scott Disick and their son 2-year old son Mason in Miami, CA on Monday (November 19). Kourtney's sister,Kim, was also seen with the trio.
Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp's beautiful rose!
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13-year old Daughter of Actor Johnny Depp and French Actress and Singer Vanessa Paradis, Lily-Rose, was seen eating with a body guard at a French Restaurant in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday (November 18).
Jennifer Garner's a movie star mama!
13 Going on 30 Actress Jennifer Garner was seen on the set of the her latest movie Dallas Buyers Club along with her beautiful children Seraphina, almost 4, and Samuel, 8 months, in New Orleans, LA on yesterday (November 20).
Elizabeth Bank's cute tot
Actress Elizabeth Banks was seen with her mom Elizabeth Banks and her 1 1/2 year old son Felix in the park in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday (November 18). Elizabeth just welcome son Magnus via surrogate.


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Kate Bosworth married boyfriend Michael Polish in an intimate ceremony on Saturday, Us Weekly reports.
Bosworth, 30, and Polish, 42, wed at The Ranch in Rock Creek, located in Phillipsburg, Mont. Bosworth, wearing a strapless gown and her hair pulled back, arrived via a stage coach which was pulled by two horses.
See other celebs who have tied the knot this year
The couple met in 2011 on the set of the film Big Sur, which Bosworth starred in and Polish directed. They got engaged in August 2012 during a trip to South Korea.
This is the first marriage for Bosworth, who previously dated Orlando Bloom and Alexander Skarsgaard. Polish was previously married to make-up artist Jo Strettell, with whom he has a teenage daughter, Jasper.
Bosworth and Polish collaborated on a second film, the upcoming thriller Unconscious. She will also be seen in the action film Homefront, which hits theaters in November.


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Shorten calls for measures to increase quad bike safety
THERE is an urgent need to improve the safety of quad bikes, after 15 deaths on the bikes this year, Employment Minister Bill Shorten said this week.
Mr Shorten released key findings from a discussion paper on what needs to be done to improve quad bikes sold in Australia.
Among the changes proposed were the need for crush protection devices attached to quad bikes, as well as mandatory use of helmets.
The proposals come after years of debate in regional and rural communities about the merits of roll cages and other safety devices.
Mr Shorten said the designers and manufacturers of quad bikes needed to improve design to minimise rolling, as well as create better roll cages.
"We are keen to bring manufacturers along with us in this process and it is pleasing to see that since our forum in October some quad bike manufacturers are now playing a positive role in offering to fit crush protection devices as a safety feature," he said.
"For the users the responsibilities are to wear a helmet, not to carry passengers and not to let children ride quad bikes."
With around 20% of deaths involving children less than 16 years of age, particularly in regional areas, Safe Work Australia will work with state and territory regulators to institute a ban on children under 16 years operating a quad bike of full size in a workplace.
"Manufacturers already have explicit warnings on full size quad bikes regarding age restriction recommendations, but we want to take this one step further and formally ban the use of full size quad bikes in workplaces including farms for anyone less than 16 years," Mr Shorten said.


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Now that The Hunger Games is breaking box office records, one thing's for sure: The CW is going to be racing forward with its TV version of Hunger Games, called The Selection. We can only hope it goes as amazingly bonkers as The CW's answer to Twilight, The Vampire Diaries. Plus if you consider Arrow to be The CW's version of Batman Begins, only with bows and arrows, then soon half the network's biggest shows will be unofficial movie adaptations.
But why stop there?
Here are some more movies that The CW could turn into teenage soap operas, complete with pouting, random subplots, and nutty love triangles.
All images by GlitteryGin20 on Flickr/Creative Commons.
Harry Potter
Why hasn't this happened yet?? Except that in this version, Snape is a serial killer, who licks people's ears until he causes cerebral hemmorhage, every time he drinks Polyjuice Potion, and then has a convenient blackout. And Hermione is a moody but generous beauty who has literally no short-term memory, and thus easily forgets about all the times that Harry gets tanked up on butterbeer and sleeps with half the girls on the quidditch team. The big love triangle is between Hermione, Harry, and Neville, who's incredibly hot and frequently shirtless, and has a Patronus shaped like a big white wolf/tiger hybrid. Oh, and Dumbledore is actually openly gay.
Black Swan
What would be great about a TV version of this movie is, you could really delve into the mythos and create more and more layers of cray-cray bullshit about the legend of the Black Swan from Swan Lake — and what if Tchaikovsky was actually a were-ocelot who was trying to uncover a dark ancient power from before recorded history? Plus every one of the supporting cast of ballerinas, directors, and theater critics would have to have a dark secret, including drug addiction, a mysterious scheme to force the ballet company to join Michael Flatley's Riverdance — which in turn is revealed to be a Druidic scheme to raise a Celtic foot-eating goddess — and an addiction to huffing floor wax. The first season could have a very special episode about bulimia. The mom could be played by the mom from American Horror Story season one.
Atlas Shrugged
No, wait. Hear me out. Sure, this movie didn't exactly conquer the box office the way free-market principles and self-reliance are destined to conquer the world — but it has a loyal following, and like Twilight, it's based on a popular book. And you could easily see it becoming a hot teenage soap opera — Hank, a young 17-year-old entrepreneur who owns his own steel company but can't afford a shirt wants to create new rails using his fancy new high-tech metal. But Dagny, the sexy teenage railroad heir, is torn between Hank and Wes, the hot rebellious young socialist who wants to use Hank's money to help those less fortunate, and is also a serial killer. Oh, and a teenage Allen Greenspan has a subplot in which he experiments with wage and price controls... in bed. (Because "wage and price controls" turns out to be a form of bondage and sadomasochism. It's symbolic, OK?) Oh, and John Galt turns up in person halfway through the first season, and he's played by one of the stars of One Tree Hill, as a sexy older man.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
There are some things that humans were not meant to experiment with. Like sex. And drugs that make you dance crazily to My Morning Jacket. And weird hair dye and gothy interior decor with lots of dark picture frames and candles. Oh, and then there's also the whole thing of experimenting on apes to help cure Alzheimer's and incidentally turn them super-intelligent. Why are a bunch of teenagers in charge of important biomedical research? Because they're teenage prodigies, and they also have mad acoustic guitar skillz. Eventually one of the apes goes to live with some of the kids, and learns to copy their handwriting, so he can forge a love letter from the hot-but-mean dark-haired girl to the surfer-looking dude, making the good-natured blonde girl jealous. The ape also swipes people's cellphones and sends racy text messages, causing immense relationship angst and at least one ill-advised hookup. Oh, and he annihilates the human race. Eventually. In like season five.
X-Men First Class
Jumpsuits! So many jumpsuits. A group of teenagers are gathered together in a cool mansion, where they learn to control their mutant powers and ranging hormones and jealousy and stuff. Acoustic guitar music is piped into every room of the mansion at random hours, and everybody's secondary mutant power is crying on cue. Magneto, played by one of the guys from Dawson's Creek, is a sexy older dude who secretly has a thing for one of the X-girls but also keeps running off to hunt Nazis, and cause various historical events from the early 1960s. Every week, his love interest demands that he choose between her and causing the Cuban Missile Crisis, or the Bay of Pigs, or the end of the Algerian War of Independence.
Sucker Punch and/or Inception
I was trying to think about how The CW could make a racy-but-weepy soap opera out of either of these movies, and then the answer seemed obvious — you have to combine them. Given that none of these shows would be officially sanctioned TV adaptations, any more than The Selection is officially a Hunger Games show, taking some liberties is probably a good idea, akin to filing off the serial numbers. So what you do is keep the central conceit of Sucker Punch — that the deeper you go into the layers of dreams or fantasy, the sluttier everything appears — and marry that with Inception's main premise, about a group of hot young "dream thieves" who go into people's subconscious to steal secrets or occasionally plant an idea. They go inside a sexy dream, and then inside that sexy dream, they go inside a downright raunchy dream, and the rarely-visited third level of dreamspace is basically a night at Dockside Dolls, after the free steak-and-egg buffet is already cleaned out. The love triangle is between the Ellen Page character — who's nerdy and serious in real life but looks like a sexy schoolgirl in dreamworld — and the Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tom Hardy characters. Oh, and at the end of every episode, someone gets randomly lobotomized.
The Smurfs
This movie had the genius idea to put the Smurfs into present-day NYC, which means only one thing — Smurf/Gossip Girl crossover! Of course, you couldn't call them "Smurfs," because this is an unauthorized knockoff, so they'd have to be elves or something. Instead of hooking up with Dr. Horrible and the OCD girl from Glee, these little critters wind up on the Upper East Side where they become the latest fashion accessories for a group of beautiful rich people — and then the kids discover that squishing the Smurfs releases their rejuvenating essence, and all bets are off. I picture lots of threesomes between the bitchy blonde girl, the Abercrombie-looking dude, and the sassy redhead girl, while they're all sucking down Smurf juice and cackling. Also, Gargamel is played by one of the guys from High School Musical and he's a sexy brooding wizard with dark eyes that hide sexy, sexy secrets.
Or Clash of the Titans, really. You could combine them. But a "Greek mythology" show really is crying out to be the next thing on The CW's roster, due to all of the totally loony myths you could mash up and combine. It would be like "Ovid Gone Wild." The Bacchae episode alone would be a ratings smash, complete with dismemberment orgies and stuff. What The Immortals did that was brilliant, though, was take the essence of Greek mythology — hot, half-naked gods, clairvoyant chicks who lose their gift when they have sex, demigod heroes, rabbit helmets — and discard everything else. Only by being completely untrue to the source material can you be true to what you feel about the source material. You could also throw in a healthy dose of Percy Jackson and have the demigods be preppy kids in the early 21st century — or you could have it be ancient and film it in the one part of Canada that looks like Ancient Greece, complete with gladiators and Socrates and angry sweaty sword fights and the birth of Democracy. It's a story that has everything. The mean-but-secretly-nice dark-haired girl with a wild streak could be Antigone. Or Iphigenia. It writes itself.


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In the Evil Day: Individual Rights, Town Government, and the Crime that Stunned the Nation
THIS IS AN ONLINE PROGRAM: On August 19, 1997, in little Colebrook, New Hampshire, a 62-year-old carpenter named Carl Drega, a man with long-simmering property rights grievances, murdered state troopers Scott Phillips and Les Lord at a traffic stop in a supermarket parking lot. Then Drega stole Phillips's cruiser and drove downtown to settle some old scores. By the end of the day three more were dead, Drega among them, and four wounded. Occurring on the eve of America's current plague of gun violence, this tragic event made headlines all over the world and shocked New Hampshire out of a previous innocence. Touching on facets of North Country history, local governance, law enforcement, gun violence, and the human spirit, Richard Adams Carey describes a community that was never a passive victim but rather a brave and resilient survivor. To register: http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/


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What to bring
During your voyage, you'll enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Marquesa Islands, Boca Grande. Here are some of our suggestions on what to bring to make your trip memorable!
- Comfortable footwear
- A hat
- A bathing suit
- Sunglasses
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1998 Chevy Camaro - The Burnout King
Scott Miller's 11-second Camaro.
"I often buy cars when my wife is out of town." If you were to ask any married man about that quote from Scott Miller, he would tell you that it sounds like a recipe for disaster. But Scott says he's been able to make it work. For example, in 1998, he had been looking for a new car while his wife was away on vacation. And like any savvy wife, she probably anticipated what was about to happen. True to form, Scott bought a brand-new Camaro, then called his wife to deliver the news. (Hint to all single guys: Bad news is often better delivered over the phone.) When wife Shannon learned of the acquisition, her response was, "Too bad—you could've had the BMW!" But she was just yanking Scott's chain. The couple has made the most out of that Camaro for the last 13 years. In the intervening time, Scott has slowly been assembling a quick summer machine that he takes to Brainerd International, where his best pass is an 11.63 at 118 mph. That's impressive for a mildly warmed-over LS1. There's no huge cubic-inch stroker here, just a stock short-block 5.7L with a cam, heads, and some intake work. Even more surprising is that the 4L60E is also stock, fitted only with a Yank 10-inch converter. Scott takes great pride in driving the Camaro 80 miles each way to the track, with the slicks and the jack stuffed in the back. While this might be a late-model cruiser with tons of amenities, some things never change.
Tech Notes
Who: Scott Miller
What: '98 Chevrolet Camaro
Engine: The modified-parts list is short given how well this Camaro runs. The short-block is all stock at 11:1 compression, with the greatest change being a Comp Cams 224/224 degree hydraulic roller with 0.581-inch lift. Doug Rippie Motorsports (DRM) ported the stock LS1 heads, adding Manley valves and titanium retainers. Tuned Port Induction Specialties (TPIS) modified the LS6 intake, and Scott added a Nick Williams 90mm throttle-body. Scott also added a set of Hooker headers, but you won't find any nitrous solenoids or a hidden turbo. All this delivered 405 rwhp on the chassis dyno.
Transmission: Again, there's not much to report other than a 4,000-rpm stall-speed Yank 10-inch converter with temperature control moderated by a TCI cooler.
Rearend: Here is where perhaps the most significant changes have been made. Scott added a Strange 12-bolt rear-axle assembly complete with 3.73:1 gears, a spool, and Strange axles to help the hook and add durability.
Suspension: To lighten the F-body slightly, Scott opted for a Spohn front K-member along with tubular A-arms, subframe connectors to stiffen the chassis slightly, and a tubular Spohn torque arm to replace the stamped stocker. The front brakes are stock, with the whole assembly damped with QA1 front coilovers for a little more front-end rise, working in conjunction with Hotchkis rear springs and QA1 shocks.
Wheels/Tires: The front wheels are from Greg Weld and measure 15x312 mounting a pair of 26x412 Mickey Thompsons. At the track, Greg runs Bogart 15x10 wheels mounting 275/60R15 Mickey Thompson drag radials.
Interior: The interior is also mostly stock, but Scott did add a quick-release Grant steering wheel, a lightweight Mad Racing seat, a five-point G-Force safety harnesses, and a Wolfe Race Craft six-point rollbar.
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Netflix quietly launched the mini-queue tonight, featuring drag and drop reordering of the top movies in your queue. To try it, simply add a movie to your queue and the mini-queue will be on the right side of the page.
Thanks to "M" for alerting me to this cool new feature.