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(By Brian Orndorf)
The western doesn't get much play these days. It's a genre that's losing ground to the candied thrills of the multiplex, but when a production strolls along that's worth the price of admission, it's something to celebrate. "Appaloosa" is such a film: a carefully metered story of frontier justice, anchored with unusually evocative moments of companionship and invigorating character development.
Arriving in the town of Appaloosa, hired guns Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) assume the role of the law to protect the locals against the outside influence of Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) and his vicious gang. Settling into town, Virgil and Everett meet Allison French (Renee Zellweger), a polite piano player with designs on both men to suit her needs of domestic comfort. Trying to retrieve Bragg from his compound on murder charges, the gunslingers find the situation complicated by corruption and newfound vulnerability, stunting the professionalism of the men in ways they've never encountered before.
Camaraderie is a quality most westerns shun. The iconic pose of the outlaw, with a scowl burned across his face and a six-shooter affixed to his palm, is a prevailing, forbidding image, meant to launch hundreds of stories that articulate the power of the prairie loner. "Appaloosa" is an atypical story of friendship imparted through knowing glances and teamwork, showing how Virgil and Everett exist together not just has partners protecting the innocent for the highest bidder, but as men who genuinely enjoy each other's company, to a point where they finish each other's sentences. It's a fascinating character study born from Robert B. Parker's novel and translated through Ed Harris's unusually secure direction, his first effort since 2000's uninspired art world bio-pic "Pollock."
Encrusted with cowboy trappings of all shapes and sizes, shot on gorgeous New Mexico locations, and stuffed with enough classic grit to satisfy the purists, Harris lends "Appaloosa" a pure oater heart. Deceptively arranged as a straightforward tale of desire and revenge in the old west, the picture is instead flush with intricate impulses for the characters, who aren't traditional one-dimensional figures of discontent, but curious, worrisome folk who try to manage a life amidst larger portraits of injustice and murder. Harris opens wide for his actors, slowing the film's pace to absorb subtle instances of emoting and reaction, deepening the film with an amazing concentration on idiosyncrasy.
Virgil and Everett are tough men, but they're not heroes. Harris doesn't paint the duo as knights, but as two fellows stumbling across a feeling of domestication in Appaloosa that's foreign to them. The financial benefits bring them to town, but French's flirtations help convince them to stay, at least in Virgil's case, who assumes custody of French and protects her as he would the threatened populace. Everett is the mumbling Greek chorus of the film, cautious with his thoughts, but blessed with lucidity as he confronts the possible end of his long union with Virgil.
It might be unfair to suggest such a feeling, but there's a distinct homoerotic "Brokeback Mountain" handle to the relationship that Harris never indulges, but doesn't exactly push away from either. These are intimate friends without the burden of confession; their body language is the only communication they need to keep peace on the job and in their hearts. It goes without saying that Mortensen and Harris are tremendous as both shoot-first lawmen and vulnerable souls, both actors gifting the screen dense performances built on exhilarating restraint.
When push does come to shove, Harris stages a few brutal gunfights, rooted more in unpredictability than the stuff of classic showdowns. The bursts of gunfire help to raise alarm in "Appaloosa," keeping the audience guessing over who will manage to survive the ferocious effort to bring Bragg to justice. Harris builds tension masterfully, and his payoffs have a unique edge to them that land the film a few wicked curveballs.
"Appaloosa" is sure to delight the die-hard fans of the genre. Harris respects the traditions of the western while maintaining his own dramatic interests, enhancing the picture further. However, it's a slow ride for the average cowpoke, with a languid pace meant to reflect the era and to make time for bottled emotions to boil over. Harris's adoration for the genre is clear, and his "Appaloosa" is a fine addition to a growing list of neo-westerns incorporating a respectful tone, ideal aim of violence, and heartfelt observation all in the same breath.
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text: Pubdate: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 Source: USA Today (US) Copyright: 2014 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/625HdBMl Website: http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/index.htm Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/466 Author: Trevor Hughes Page: 1T INSIDE COLORADO'S GREEN RUSH Just a Week into the State's Legal-Marijuana Experiment, Giddiness Meets Hand-Wringing DENVER - David Strong leans over to a stranger waiting in line next to him and confesses he's been buying pot in grocery store parking lots for years. "I had this one guy, first time, great stuff. Second time, great. Third, great. Fourth? Terrible," says Strong, 59. "When you're buying out on the street, you have no idea what you're getting." That changed a few minutes later for the semi-retired Strong, who this week became one of the first Americans to buy marijuana from a state-licensed store in Denver. Instead of meeting a dealer in a parking lot for an illegal transaction, Strong bought pot from the Medicine Man retail shop. Strong is one of thousands of people partaking in a Colorado's green-tinged gold rush. For nervous college students and aging hippies, the doors swung open Jan. 1 on a grand experiment in the Centennial State, where residents 21 and older can buy up to an ounce of marijuana at a time. The state has about 130 retail shops, with names such as Cannabis King, Ganja Gourmet and Purple Dragon. Since Jan. 1, the stores have seen heavy demand, much of which is from out-of-state customers, says Medicine Man marijuana store co-founder Andy Williams, 45. An industrial engineer by training, Williams teamed with his brother to open the 20,000-square-foot store in East Denver. High demand already has them making plans to double in size and become the "Costco of marijuana." Customers waiting in the lines stretching around the block cheered fellow buyers when they came out during the store's opening Jan. 1. "It was Independence Day for marijuana," Williams says. "People have this great sense of relief that they no longer have to break the law to do what they love." The legal sales have spurred heavy demand, and some smaller stores have reported either rationing sales or running out entirely. Prices have changed accordingly: Williams said the retail price of pot leaped from about $2,500 a pound to $6,000 a pound within days of Jan. 1. State and local taxes add up to about 20%-25% of the purchase price, depending on location, and vendors are allowed to charge whatever the market will bear. Customers from across the country have flocked to the Denver area, where most of the stores are located. Some smaller communities have banned sales, while others are developing their permitting processes. 'UNEVENTFUL' YET 'HISTORIC' The stores were authorized under the voter-approved Amendment 64, which requires the state to regulate marijuana like alcohol. Though growing and possession were legalized at the end of 2013, the amendment gave state regulators until Jan. 1 to develop a retail sales system. "It's generally been uneventful, with the exception that it's historic," says Mason Tvert of the Marijuana Policy Project, an early backer of Colorado legalization. "It's obviously a very momentous occasion, but ultimately, it's just a bunch of adults standing in line to buy a legal product." This week, many customers shopping at Medicine Man declined to give their names, an indicator that even though it's legal to buy marijuana, a taint remains. Buying marijuana is illegal on the federal level, although federal prosecutors have indicated they'll leave Colorado alone if it follows a set of eight specific guidelines. Those guidelines are ultimately responsible for a series of state regulations requiring security cameras, armed guards and extensive plant and money tracking systems intended to keep marijuana out of the hands of kids and the profits out of the hands of gangs, drug cartels and criminals. Colorado's legalization has spurred a boom in what's known as edibles - - brownies, cookies or candy spiked with marijuana extracts. It's the easy availability of those kid-friendly munchies that has Denver mom Gina Carbone worried. Carbone, a former PTO president with four kids, says she didn't object when voters decriminalized marijuana. Carbone volunteers with the group SAFE Colorado, which has been lobbying to tighten restrictions on retail shops and ready-to-eat products. She said she's talked to store owners who inject or spritz popcorn with marijuana concentrate. That's scary, she said, because recent studies indicate marijuana can impair the brain's development in adolescents. "This is a really tough thing for parents, because of the message that it's sending to kids - that getting stoned is an acceptable recreational activity," she says. "We feel like our kids are an experiment." KNOWN DANGERS A study published last year in the journal JAMA Pediatrics said there had been a spike in the number of young children being treated for accidentally eating pot, or marijuana-laced cookies, candies, brownies and beverages at Children's Hospital Colorado. The study found that in the two years after marijuana laws were modified in fall 2009, 14 kids were treated for accidental ingestion. In the four years before the change, the study said, no kids had been hospitalized for accidental ingestion. At Medicine Man, buyers say they appreciate the security and reliability that comes from buying pot from a store, even though they have to pay taxes. At the store, an armed guard checks IDs and waves buyers to the counter, where "bud tenders" offer guidance on what kind of high the buyer is looking for and recommend different strains for their pain-relieving, appetite-simulating or euphoric properties. Behind another set of locked doors, the store's approximately 50 employees busily tend to thousands of pot plants - fertilizing, harvesting, drying, weighing and packaging. The smell of marijuana hangs heavy over the entire neighborhood, and dozens of prepackaged baggies of pot hang from hooks in the storefront, allowing customers to select from about 30 different strains. A study estimated the state's $600 million legal marijuana market would generate $130 million in new taxes, although enforcement and regulation would require a significant amount of that new revenue. The study by Colorado State University also estimated that Coloradans will each consume about 3.5 ounces of pot annually. The study concluded its estimates could be wrong as marijuana tourists initially flock to the legal market, then lose interest as the "wow factor" diminishes. Some companies are rushing to cash in on the legal sales. Spirit Airlines recently offered customers discounted flights to Denver with the tagline of "get Mile High," and some tour operators offer marijuana tours for out-of-state residents seeking legal highs. Buyer Jessica Girard, 21, bought two pre-rolled joints from the store, in part just because she could, she says. A Denver native, Girard says her friends are split on having legal marijuana. She bought the joints because she has back problems but hasn't gone through the process of getting her medical card. "I trust that my money is going to get me something that will help me," she says. "You know exactly what you're getting. It's right in your face." Strong says he doesn't mind anyone knowing he's used pot since at least 1972 and doesn't mind paying the extra taxes if it means a more consistent product: "If they legalized this stuff back in '68, the government would be out of debt right now." ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGES State officials anticipate tax revenue from legal marijuana sales will generate potentially hundreds of millions of tax dollars over the coming years. Taxes on a $20 1-gram purchase, for instance, add $7.25 to the total cost. Some marijuana stores accept credit and debit cards, although many buyers appear more comfortable keeping the transactions as cash only. Buyers need only prove they are of legal age, and no records are kept of who buys what. The Colorado State Patrol hasn't seen a significant increase in stoned drivers, and it has no plans to change the way it patrols for them, said spokesman Trooper Josh Lewis. He says troopers use standard techniques, such as the one-legged stand, to test whether drivers are too impaired to be behind the wheel. "Driving under the influence remains illegal, no matter the substance," he says. In its first few days of operation, Williams says, his store served more than 1,200 customers and would have accommodated more if city rules didn't require him to close by 7 p.m. Knowing the world's eyes are on Colorado and its experiment, Williams challenged skeptics to visit and see for themselves. "Reefer madness isn't real," he says. "Adults don't just go crazy because they can all of a sudden buy marijuana in a store." - --- MAP posted-by: Matt

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It's time again for another Arcane Brilliance, the weekly mage column that would like to present, once again, its multi-annual state of the mage address. My fellow mages, we are awesome.
First of all, you might be wondering why only 72 volumes. I'll be honest: it has to do with the great zombie apocalypse of 2037. I don't want to give too much away, but let's just say it severely impairs my ability to write. To be frank, the last 15 parts are pretty much just "braiiinns...warlocks....suuuuck...brains...braiiiins..." repeated over and over for a thousand words or so. After that, my zombie-self just loses interest. Some of you may wonder how those columns will be any different from the ones I write now. To you, I say bite me.
I've extolled upon the state of mages on three previous occasions. It's actually interesting to go back and look over those ancient texts from our current perspective. Oh, the silly things we were worried about back then! Fire PvP... ha! Spirit, less than useful? What a ridiculous concern! Oh... how far we've come.
Ignore my sarcasm. I'm not actually unhappy at all with the current state of mages. We are, as I stated in the opening blurb, awesome. Join me after the break and we'll look at where we are as a class in 2010.


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Your favorite local Padre, Fallen Angel, and the Paxman himself are in a fantasy football league at our lovely office. FA and Pax dueled it out in last year's championship with Senor Arcana taking the crown, and FA getting hauled away in cuffs to share a cell with Cedric Benson.
This is my only reason for excitement for the coming NFL season. I'm just not a huge football fan. I'm in a pool, play flag football (as Perry showed you yesterday), and attempt to dominate our fantasy league, but for some reason it doesn't grab me most years.
However, one thing I do is try to talk myself into the NFL every year, so my excitement level at week 1 is high. And thus, I have thoughts on what will happen this year. After the jump, Padre's predications (only for posterity — you can find analysis and stats in a hundred other places) for the NFL and fantasy seasons.


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Hidden Prairie is a beautiful new rural subdivision of 17 lots in Spring Hill Kansas. Hidden Prairie is located at the SE corner of Waverly road and 215th in Miami Co. The subdivision features 30 acres of common ground, and private lake. The subdivision is only minutes from Logistics Park, Gardner Edgerton schools, and shopping. Lot 16 is adjacent to beautiful old growth timber all along one border, slopes for walk out basements and is across the street from the lake.
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In 2002, Joash Were who has been instrumental in start up of many companies within Kenya and Beyond thought of it wisely that it was time to start up something tourism related. He had worked at great places. Bearing in mind that all the progressive people talk "WE" and not I, he has brought together a great team who are professional in their own rights.


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Will the Philippine masses receive a treat from President Noynoy by handing them the dejavu feeling of having a First Lady before his term ends comes June of this year? The Grace Lee as First Lady campaign backfired it has never consummated. Bagay si Presidente Noynoy at saka si Pia, di ba? SMILE! Anyway, WELCOME HOME to the world, the universe rather... Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach! Congratulations once again! #TheHomecoming #SaDilimAyLiwanag #MalacaniangCourtesyCall #PresidentNoynoyAquino #MissUniverse2015 #PiaAlonzoWurtzbach #MissPhilippines #FirstLady #AccentuatedImelda #WelcomeHomePIA
Yesterday, President Benigno S. Aquino III received a courtesy call from Pia Wurtzbach, Miss Universe 2015, in Malacañan Palace. Miss Wurtzbach was joined by her mother, together with Miss Universe president Paula Shugart, and Binibining Pilipinas Charities chairperson Stella Araneta. (Photos by the Malacañang Photo Bureau)
#USPresidentHillaryClinton #USElections2016 #PhilippinePresidentMiriamSantiago #PhilippineElections2016 #WOMANPOWER #OSCARS2016 #TheVaticanArchives #RubiconRowlings #Cityville ALL SCHEDULES ARE SET FOR THIS YEAR'S US and Philippine ELECTIONS! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205931447791795&set=a.10204621852692736.1073741837.1427450153&type=3&theater
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#ChineseMacaroni #TheCookIsCOOL #SimpleCooking #HisWoods I am fond of cooking this recipe! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4478328722799& set=a.3007582675067.2132900.1427450153&type=3&permPage=1 Chinese Macaroni Recipe
Macaroni(elongated) 250 gms.
Banana Saba(small&ripe-cut into halves) 16 pcs
Sweet Potato(yacon&ube-peeled and cut into cubes)500 gms.
Fried Chicken (chopped) 250 gms.
Vegetable Oil 100 ml.
Chilli Pepper Leaves 100 gms.
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STATUS of FOUND Items(29-Jan-2010 Friday)
Found Item: Dorsey Bag Blue( with valuable items inside including 2 cellphones
Date Found: 25-Jan-2010 Mon about 5:30am
Found Where: Quezon memorial Circle -West Gate(Quezon Avenue) pathway
How to Claim: Dial 001-206-3502798 or see instructions at http://twitter.com/georgepalaganas
Status: Unclaimed
Measures done to track owner(investigation):
>Called-up a contact on the red cellphone's phonebook whose name is
Aling Tita at 364-8141 but the recipient of the call denied knowing
the owner of most ID's found on the dorsey bag, SANTIAGO SANIOR.
>Tried another contact on the phonebook whose labeled as NANAY(Mother)
at 0921-283-2075 thru text messages at www.text4free.net and www.txt2day.com
today 29-Jan-2010 Friday at about 10:30am.
The text message redirects to http://twitter.com/georgepalaganas.
>Tried sending e-mail at Lengeric Manpower & General Services(an employment agency)
where on one of the ID's he is connected as employee assigned as janitor
at Banco De Oro Monumento but the webservice pulled-out the webpage instead(?).
Will give a call to the agency's number at 00632-893-0917(webservice generated number)
>Checked on SSS automated phone query system using SANTIAGO SANIOR's SSS ID at 917-7777
through PLDT public phone number 920-0046(public phone booth at East Avenue corner
Makatarungan St.) and found the following details
Santiago SANIOR has three outstanding loans with the most recent's balance and most recent payment as:
Loan date Amount
1. 11-Nov-2010 Php15,045.78 Last payment made January 29,2010(today)
2. 26-Mar-2006 ------(unquerried)
3. 15-Aug-2003 ------(unquerried)
Found Item: Brooch
Date Found: 25-Jan-2010 Mon about 5:30am
Found Where: 12th Avenue Brgy. Socorro Cubao Quezon City
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A life in the wild
Wolfer: A Memoir
Carter Niemeyer
374 pages, softcover: $17.99.
BottleFly Press, 2010.
Former federal trapper and shooter Carter Niemeyer, the author of the memoir Wolfer, seems an unlikely advocate for wolves and other predators.
A "wolfer," after all, is a person who kills wolves, a job with its genesis in the great wildlife extermination campaigns that are as unique to our national spirit as their opposites. For every protective law like the Endangered Species Act, there have been a dozen federal programs dedicated to the destruction of wildlife. Niemeyer's title is not ironic; he's killed more than a few problem wolves in his day, along with trapping and gunning down what must be a towering mountain of coyotes. But after reading his book, one comes away thinking that Niemeyer could be nothing but what he is: an advocate for predators and a clear-spoken critic of a system that squanders taxpayer money in hare-brained schemes that benefit a select few while destroying a lot of wildlife. Wolfer is a rollicking tale of a life spent completely immersed in the lives and habits of wild animals and even wilder human beings.
Born in Iowa, Niemeyer is the product of a long American tradition -- that of the born outdoorsman who has more in common with the animals he pursues than with any human society beyond his family. He is a serious predator himself, finding no contradiction in hunting and killing the animals that he loves to watch and study. "What I wanted more than anything when I was 14 was to catch a fox. I was obsessed with it," he writes. Like his fellow Iowan, the hunter and conservation pioneer Aldo Leopold, Niemeyer would live to see a new, more destructive land ethic take hold of his state -- the kind of industrial farming that eradicates everything that doesn't contribute directly to the production of crops like corn.
By that time, however, Niemeyer, with a master's degree in wildlife biology, was living the rough-and-tumble (and far from prosperous) life of a government trapper in the West, wandering from the glaciated plains of Montana to the high-country wilds of central Idaho. Even as the American heartland erased the last vestiges of its wild places, the West was getting wilder, with recovering populations of grizzly bears and wandering disperser wolves. And Niemeyer -- trapping sheep-killing golden eagles, driving epic distances, living out of a camper or a tent, hearing the first rumors about wolf reintroduction -- found himself in the boisterous middle of history, where a thousand revelations into the essence of wolves and human beings, nature and politics, sparked into being. Niemeyer's life during these years, steeped in the blood of predator control and the stink of rotting carcasses, deep in trapping and ranching culture, makes for riveting reading.
Niemeyer's tale is even larger than he is -- and at 6-foot-5, he is formidable enough to be unintimidated by hostile ranchers or trappers. But he never casts himself as the star of the adventures he recounts. Instead, he is a kind of thoughtful everyman, beset by marital troubles, poverty, doubt, befriended by eccentric outcasts, often bossed around by lesser men, rattling along in a bucket-of-bolts old truck, hungry, cold, and always, always, enthralled with the wild animals that he, in the end, serves rather than destroys.
Wolfer is a book for everyone who has heard wolves howling in the wild distance, or longed to do so. It's a book for cattlemen and wildlife advocates and for those who are both, or neither -- anyone who has wondered at the epic tale of wolf recovery in the West. There's no polemic here. In fact, one of the delights of the story is how its utter reasonableness regarding wolves and other predators will infuriate extremists on all sides of the conflict. As Niemeyer said from his home in Boise this past winter, "I got used to the eco-nuts, long time ago, threatening me 'Niemeyer, if you kill another wolf, it'll be the last thing you do!' And now, all I have to do is say something reasonable about wolves, and the full attack is on. 'Niemeyer, the revolution is about to happen and you are on the list! We're gonna get you!' " He then burst out laughing, still amused by it all, after all these years and miles.


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Ceramic Hand Painted Small Garden Animal Cat Flower Herb Plant Pot Candle Holder
I have for sale a small ceramic novelty plant pot, which was hand painted by myself. It is from a range called 'Waddle Pots', this one is a cat or kitten sitting down. This pot has no drainage holes in the bottom so it can be used indoors or out. Due to its size this could be used as a candle holder or a plant pot. This would make a fun and novel addition to anyone's home or garden, or perhaps given as a gift.
The size approx: Height 13cms x Width 13cms. Inside pot diameter: 8cms x 8cms.
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AKG showcases its industry leading versatility with the release of the C 414 XLS and the C 414 XL II, one of the most famous recording, live sound and broadcasting microphones since 1971. The legendary C 414 needs no introduction – it is a tool found in most recording studios and has been used on thousands of hit records; it's been on stage with artists of every musical genre and is also used by leading broadcast facilities the world over.
The new C 414 XLS and the C 414 XLII offer nine pickup patterns that enable it to choose the perfect setting for every application. For live-sound applications and fixed installations, all controls can be disabled easily for trouble-free use, and the peak hold LED displays even the shortest overload peaks. Both mics have three switchable bass cut filters as well as three pre-attenuation levels that allow lead
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"For over 60 years, leading musicians and engineers have used legendary AKG microphones to capture their sound so their audience hears every nuance,� said Thomas Stubics, Product Marketing Manager for Recording and Broadcast. "The C 414 family has been one of the world's most widely-used and respected studio and stage microphones in audio history. With the new useful features and even greater ease of use, we are able to answer the demands from our ever–growing customer base all over the world.�
The C 414 XLS maintains the sonic character of the legendary C 414 B-ULS, the longest-lived C 414 model. Engineered for the highest linearity and neutral sound, it is the most universal and versatile large diaphragm microphone released in decades. Widely used for accurate, beautifully detailed pickup of any acoustic instrument, the new C 414 XLS combines proven reference quality, leading-edge technology and state-of-the-art components.
The C 414 XLII is the successor of the famous C 414 B-TL II. It shows the unique sonic signature of the highly sought-after AKG C 12, which enables lead vocals and solo instruments to be placed even in a dense mix. The unrivalled up-front sound is also well known for distant miking applications like classical music recording or drum ambience miking.
The C 414 comes complete with everything you need to create great sound recordings, including: a carrying case, a pop filter, a windscreen, and spider-type shock mounts. In addition, AKG offers both the XLII and XLS in stereo sets. The stereo sets are created by AKG's sophisticated matching method for stunning, three-dimensional recordings.
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Often translated "Ethiopia," Cush refers principally to the land of Nubia, south of Egypt (Map 7:F6). Cush's political apex came when the Nubians conquered and ruled Egypt as its Dynasty XXV (716–656 BCE). According to 2 Kings 19.9, the Cushites saved King Hezekiah of Judah from the Assyrians in 701 BCE. In Genesis 2.13, Cush probably refers to Babylon, which was occupied by Kassites in the second half of the first millennium BCE, and in Genesis 10.6–14 Cush (Babylon) has been confused with Cush (Nubia).
If Moses' Cushite wife (Num. 12.1) was Zipporah (Exod. 2.15–22), there may have been another Cush in Midian (whose poetic parallel is Cushan in Hab. 3.7). But Miriam's becoming "as white as snow" with leprosy (Num. 12.10) seems appropriately ironic punishment for her criticism of Moses' marriage to a black woman. Jeremiah 13.23 contends that Judah can no more change its penchant to sin than a Cushite can change skin color. Amos 9.7 mentions the Cushites as an example of God's universal concern. The name of Phinehas, Aaron's grandson, is Egyptian for "the Nubian."
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If you're one of the vast number of Mac users who, like me, love Apple hardware but either hate Mac OS X or simply can't work with it for whatever reason (gaming? business policies?), running Windows on your Mac sounds like the perfect option.
Be warned: There are some major concerns regarding performance, battery life and quite annoying usability quirks that Apple decided not to fix in their Boot Camp software.
But don't let that bog you down! In this three-part series, I'll discuss the ups and downs, the gotchas and benefits of running Windows 7 on a Mac --- and offer tips for making your Mac + Windows life easier.
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In this first article in the series, I explore two of the main criticisms when it comes to running Windows 7 on Apple hardware: Performance and battery life. Part 2 will discuss the usability quirks you can expect both on the hardware and software side. Part 3 will detail all the steps necessary for installing Windows 7, getting the latest BootCamp 4.0, running modified drivers, tweaking Windows to run better on Macs and what hacks and tools make your "Mac + Windows" life easier.
Considering Virtualization for serious work? Forget it
Anyone who needs to get some serious work done is not going to use virtualization products like Parallels Desktop or Vmware Fusion. While both solutions allow you to install Windows inside a virtual machine and run Windows applications nearly seamless on your Mac desktop (which is nice), it's merely a compromise. It's ok if you're living on the Mac side of the fence and need that one Windows application, but it's certainly not an option if you decide to run Windows applications full-time and need to get some serious work done: in a recent comparison, ZDNet's Ed Bott found that the virtualization layer and the lack of proper access to native Nvidia and Intel graphics drivers makes for an inexcusable loss in performance. You'll end up sacrificing up to 50% of your Mac's CPU power and a huge chunk of graphics performance. And while you gain a bit more disk speed (especially on SSDs), it just might drive you nuts knowing that you just spent a four-digit sum on a device that's constantly running at half-throttle.
[ See also: Make Parallels 6 work with Mac OS X Lion ]
Going the Boot Camp route
If you're planning on using Windows applications most of the time, Boot Camp is the way to go. It allows you to create a dedicated NTFS partition, install Windows 7 "natively" and use the Boot Camp software to set up all necessary drivers. In this scenario you're essentially at Apple's mercy to deliver quality drivers and software on a regular basis to keep your system up to date. Unfortunately, the Boot Camp team (if there is such a thing) doesn't seem to care much about its Windows users: Even the latest Boot Camp version 4.0, which comes as part of OS X Lion, has outdated drivers, such as the Nvidia driver pictured at right, which is dated January 2011.
[ See also: OS X Lion requires Windows 7 for Boot Camp ]
Furthermore, AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface), is not supported under Windows, which prevents you from using the entire SATA bandwidth and doesn't give you essential disk performance features such as NCQ (Native Command Queuing). In essence, the lack of proper care from Apple means that, from a pure performance standpoint, you're running a compromised system and there's not much you can do about it.
Is this performance shortcoming noticeable in real life? See the test results below.
Battery life: Not a good story for Windows
MacBooks generally sport excellent battery life: My MacBook Pro (mid-2009) originally clocked in at about 5.5 hours using Mac OS X, largely thanks to the effect of the built-in switch between the 9600 GT (performance setting) and the 9400M (energy saving setting). Unfortunately, that option isn't available on Windows 7 and that hasn't changed with the latest AMD Radeon offerings available in the 2011 MacBook Pro lineup. Apple keeps the low power embedded GPU (such as the 9400M or the Intel HD Graphics 3000) hidden from Windows and drains battery life.
To get an idea of the actual impact, I performed three tests: First, I just let the laptop sit there, do nothing and let it drain its battery to get an idea of the absolute maximum battery life. Then, I used the laptop to browse the web and multitask with several Office programs and PhotoShop. I repeated all those steps both under Windows 7 and OS X Lion. For my last test, I simply played a 1080p movie in loop until the battery died.
So how did my 17" MacBook Pro fare? Not well.
Windows 7 stood no chance against OS X. Instead of the usual 4.5 hours (idle) and 4 hours (typical workload), I got 3.5 and 3 respectively. During HD playback, my MacBook Pro gave up after a bit over 2.5 hours running Windows, while Lion kept on playing for roughly 3.5 hours. The story didn't change much when I switched over to a loaner 2011 MacBook Air (Core i7), although the difference isn't as noticeable.
The verdict? Windows 7's power management is pretty awesome on Windows laptops -- not so on Macs. The built-in Boot Camp drivers (even using 4.0) tend not to conserve as much energy as they should. Plus, the CPU and GPU fans keep on spinning constantly, even under low workload, and the device produces an enormous amount of heat. Using OS X, the MacBooks tend to stay a bit cooler and quieter under the same conditions. However, it never reaches dangerous levels and even the fan noise isn't as bad as you might think. I think this is the major downside of running Windows on a Mac and that's the reason I needed to shell out that extra cash for a HyperMac 150Wh, which gives me an additional 10-12 hours of battery life.
Performance: A Win for Windows?
With the sloppiness of Boot Camp driver quality fresh in my mind, I feared for the performance of Windows. I put both OSes through the paces on my mid-2009 MacBook Pro with an Intel Penryn C2D (3 GHz), 4 GB of RAM and a 256 GB Toshiba SSD and here's what I found:
First, you have to understand, that comparing performance of Windows and Mac OS X isn't quite as easy as it sounds. Only a few selected benchmarks are available on both sides of the fence: I can't really compare PCMark points with the Geekbench score. However, by using a combination of basic tasks and synthetic benchmarks, I was able to draw a clear picture on the performance differences.
Here's the set of benchmarks I performed, plus the results. To get a good measure, I made it my rule to perform all tests three times and average the numbers:
Start-up time: Mac OS X wins, but only by a small fraction
I use my trusty stopwatch to determine the exact time it takes from selecting the boot drive (see screenshot) to when the desktop is visible.
While that doesn't mean that all background services and startup programs are fully loaded, it still gives an indication as to how fast the OS initializes drivers and is ready to use. The results?
It's not as bad as I thought: Lion has some known slow boot issues, which makes it come closer to Windows -- before I upgraded to Lion, Snow Leopard booted in about 15 seconds and would have beaten Windows 7 hands down. Plus, the moment you select the Windows partition, all Macs seem to go back to a DOS-like shell (there's even a blinking white cursor on the top left corner) for about 5 seconds and just waste time.
Shutdown: Mac OS X wins hands down
Yes, Lion shuts down my MacBook Pro in about three seconds, while Windows keeps on ending services and processes before finally shutting down after about nine seconds.
OpenGL and CPU rendering performance: CineBench
Based on Maxon Cinema 4D, CineBench is one of the few reliable benchmarks available on both Windows and Mac, that accurately measure the rendering performance both on the CPU and the GPU.
Rendering seems to be nearly as fast under Mac OS X and Windows. The small variations may just be a drivers issue; nothing you'd notice under real-world circumstances.
Audio conversion: iTunes
Audio conversion is one heavy CPU intense task.
To find out if either the OS handles the processor more or less efficiently than the other, I converted a 35 minute long MP3 audio track (roughly 32 MB in size) into Apple's AAC format. Now, this time, I was in for a surprise: While the Mac OS version of iTunes needed roughly 34 seconds to perform the conversion, Windows 7 took nearly twice (!) as long -- the conversion finished after about 57-59 seconds, no matter how many times I ran the test. I know that iTunes is a poorly written piece of software (especially on the Windows side of things), which lags under the even most basic tasks, such as switching between playlists. So I repeated the same step under Windows, but this time I used another audio converter (Ojosoft Audio Converter) to do the job.
Ojosoft is nearly twice as fast as iTunes doing the same task on the same machine.
Portal 2: An easy win for Windows
I suspect that many Apple users use Boot Camp just for gaming, since the library is still somewhat limited. To test gaming performance, I signed up for Steam and bought a copy of Portal 2. Using the Steam client, I downloaded the Mac and the Windows version and installed them on the same machine.
Then, I grabbed the chamber 7 demo file and ran a timed demo five times in a row on each machine, to get an average FPS. Here's what I found.
Windows 7's gaming capabilities beat Mac OS X hands down; I didn't even upgrade the stock NVIDIA 260-series driver that came with Boot Camp 4.0 (which is dated January 2011). After I upgraded to the latest 280-series drivers from LaptopVideo2Go, I could even squeeze another 3-4fps out of my machine.
Folder duplication
My final tests involved a duplication of a 1.93 GB folder that contains over 1000 smaller files (smaller than 10 KB) and about 200 larger files (10-50 MB).
Duplicating the same folder on Windows vs. Mac: Don't let the stats fool you; Windows simply counts all the hidden files and uses different metrics.
By duplicating these folders, I get a good evaluation of the read/write performance both for larger sequential reads/writes and smaller random reads/writes.
It took nearly 34 seconds longer to duplicate these folders on Windows 7 vs. Lion. Duplicating the larger files took the exact same time on both operating systems, but the missing AHCI under Windows had a big effect on smaller random reads and writes -- and that's especially sad on SSD drives, since this is where flash memory usually shines.
Bottom line
There are some performance losses when it comes to battery life and hard disk speed on the Windows side, and even the stellar gaming performance doesn't quite make up for that. Still, this is something you rarely notice in real life. The read/write speeds are plenty fast for launching applications and Windows, but it's still worth keeping an eye on.
Can this situation be improved? In parts 2 and 3 in the series, I'll discuss some usability quirks and how some simple hacks will help you get the most out of Windows on your Mac. Stay tuned.
This article, "Running Windows on a Mac (Part 1): Lion vs. Win7 performance shootout," was originally published at ITworld. For the latest IT news, analysis and how-tos, follow ITworld on Twitter and Facebook.
Sandro Villinger is a contributor to ITworld. For more by Sandro, see: 15 incredibly useful (and free) Microsoft tools for IT pros and Windows won't boot? Try these tips.
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Porsche's 928, while a timeless design, had a really big ass. The German tuner Strosek must have thought that too much is never enough, and today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Ultra III sports and even wider rear end. Will its price prove an equally continental divide?
The 928 is a front-engine, rear-drive V8-powered coupe with sporting pretensions, which is exactly what yesterday's Triumph-based Fiberfab Jamaican was. Well, more was than is, as it's currently riding with its nose in the air like a snooty dowager while it waits for the return of its eight. That, plus its kind of ratty condition proved too much for its two grand asking, and the Jamaican went down in a 55% Crack Pipe loss.
Vittorio Strosek founded Strosek Driving Design in 1982, a year after today's Porsche 928S4 (more on that designation later) was built. Eight years later, the tuner and the car met - by way of a factory-authorized Florida shop. Strosek today is still going strong, wild thinging out cars from not just Porsche but Lamborghini, Nissan and Volkswagen. Where the company really gained notoriety however, was with a series of aerodynamic and suspension upgrades to the already over achieving 928.
The seller claims this silver bullet to be one of only 25 Strosek'd cars here in the U.S., and given its Strosek-added elements it's hard to understand why that is. After all, who doesn't like rear wings big enough to land an actual plane on? And who doesn't think the 928's rear track is too narrow? Those pieces, plus a revised nose cap, NACA ducts in the hood and a second, hatch-mounted aero-aid mark this as an Ultra III package. . . I think. It's hard to say as each and every Strosek 928 is unique and some offer beady projector lights in place of the 928's planarian-esque pop-ups. They also sometimes come with batwing doors, but this one seems to have dodged that douchifying bullet.
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And all that could be had for $22,000.
Let's re-cap; It's a frickin' Porsche 928, one of 25 stateside; it has more ass than Keeping up with the Kardashians; is a stick shift so it's damn-near theft-proof; and has enough wings to be a Chinese phone book; it's $22,000.
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With all this booty I was itching to cook with the chipotles. I also had some frozen turkey stock that needed to come out of my freezer, so I decided to simmer up a version of a white chicken chili. And with jet lag still lurking about, I wanted it to come together quickly so I that didn't doze off into the pot. Using ground chicken and canned beans were the keys to making that happen.
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So you do what TopDrawerSoccer.com did as the national soccer website recognized the entire Florida State backline for their dominating performance on this week's Team of the Week.
The backline combination of Ines Jaurena, Tiana Brockway, Kristin Grubka, Kassey Kallman and Casey Short helped Florida State post its fifth and sixth shutouts of the season, while extending its streak of not allowing a goal to over 348 minutes of action.
After giving up two goals in the first seven minutes of the season opener at Minnesota, the Florida State defense has responded by giving up just one goal in the last seven matches, while posting shutouts over four ranked opponents including two in the top 10.
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On the roof of the Dreamwalk Library, a Dark Solarian is draining Librarian Millie's life force, and a fearsome kilowasp cloud (to the nearest power of ten) is descending. The library employee plans to offer his own life force, if he has any, to save Millie, and no-one cares what the penguins are doing.
In my penultimate moments,
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You make me nervous, Millie,
you're not as librarian as you appear.
You've taken me so far from science,
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Fantasies and caffeine, all a-tangle
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Millie's life force was a showering of refractive light,
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She addressed the Dark Solarian.
Poor parasite you are,
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What you steal will leave you
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You've drained enough of me,
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But the creature came even closer,
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She waited for a time, then threw her arms
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Let's consummate our parasite-host relationship.
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enveloped the sorry creature.
It tried to pull away, to disconnect,
but it was several lines too late.
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Matter and antimatter,
in their uncomfortable alliance,
mostly text each other;
minds and anti-minds, over and beneath,
may never touch;
and parasitic anti-dreams
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Millie's being, her dream of luminiferous living,
had no time for dreary dead-end parasites.
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I fumbled in my pockets for my dime store sunnies,
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I picked up an interesting gray item in Wintergrasp the other day -- the Broken U.L.O.S.E. Button. Players who've played Alterac Valley will recognize it as the answer to the zone's gray drop, the Broken I.W.I.N. button. Even the flavor text complimented each other and added more whimsy to the already humorous items. One of the most memorable junk items from The Burning Crusade was The Stoppable Force, a parody of another Alterac Valley item, the epic Unstoppable Force.
My wife enjoys fishing not just for the relaxing aspect but definitely for the profit. Take, for example, the Goldenscale Vendorfish. The name speaks for itself, as this piece of inedible junk sells for 6 Gold. That's still not her favorite gray item, though. The Broken Engine Part is another thing that anglers can get from fishing, and sells for 10 Gold. Not bad, huh? In Patch 3.1, though, Blizzard ups the ante with Porcelain Bell, a gray item that comes randomly from the Bag of Fishing Treasures. Lucky fishermen can sell this junk item for a pocket-fattening 100 Gold!
Of course, Wrath of the Lich King introuduced us to a plethora of fountain coins, a lot of which are gray items. Among other things, I think Blizzard does an excellent job of infusing flavor into the game with junk items. There are over a thousand gray items that it's kind of difficult to pick just one. From puns like A Frayed Knot to lore-infused junk like the Dalaran coins to plain silly stuff like the Romance Novel series, there's just a lot of cool things going on with grays. What are your favorite or most memorable grays?


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President Obama says he wants big corporations, including oil companies, to pay their fair share in taxes. His deficit reduction plan includes eliminating what he calls special loopholes and subsidies for oil and gas companiesdespite the fact that theyre not specific to the oil and gas industry but the broader manufacturing sector. If the President wants to collect more money from the oil and gas industry, he should support increasing access to Americas energy resources. This would greatly increase the amount of revenue coming into the federal government, and it would do so without raising taxes.
If Congress opened access and placed a freeze on environmental regulations and the Administration moved to effectively permit new projects, the federal government would collect more than $36 billion as soon as 2015 and more than $800 billion by 2030, according to a study from Wood Mackenzie. The general economy would stand to benefit tremendously: Increased production would generate more than 1 million jobs by 2018 and more than 1.4 million jobs by 2030. President Obamas Living Within Our Means and Investing in the Future plan ignores this sensible idea.
Instead, the Presidents plan for economic growth and deficit reduction proposes to eliminate what he calls special tax breaks for the oil and gas industry. Most of what the President and anti-oil crusaders label as oil subsidies and oil tax loopholes are not tax treatment specific to the oil and gas industry. These are broad tax policies that apply to many industries. For instance, the tax credit under Internal Revenue Code Section 199 goes to all domestic manufacturing. Producers of clothing, roads, electricity, water, and many other goods produced in the United States are all eligible for the manufacturers tax deduction. Even Hollywood and The New York Times can take it.
By removing oil and gas production eligibility for this broad tax credit, the President is imposing a targeted tax hike, not closing a tax loophole. In fact, Congress already imposed a tax hike on oil and natural gas companies by freezing the deduction they can take at 6 percent, when other manufacturers receive a 9 percent deduction. Other proposals in the plan unfairly target the oil and gas industry, such as removing accelerated depreciation despite the fact the President is championing temporary 100 percent expensing. The best solution would be for Congress to make immediate expensing permanently available for all business investments.
With respect to oil and gas activity, the one part that does make sense in the White Houses deficit reduction plan is to end Department of Energy research for fossil energy. In the plan it says, These R&D activities have historically funded development of technologies that can be com*mercialized quickly, and are thus activities which should instead be funded by the compa*nies that benefit from the projects. Mandatory funding for this program sunsets in 2014. Repeal of this program, effective for 2012 and beyond, will save $150 million over the 10-year budget window.
The acknowledgement that the federal government is engaging in commercial activities that are best left for the private sector is an important one, and the U.S. could save billions more if it removed the Department of Energys role in all commercial activities that have evolved well beyond the scope of basic research and development.
Ending all energy subsidies, including those for oil and gas, would be good for American taxpayers and consumers. The way to help the energy consumer is not with targeted tax hikes but by allowing access for exploration and production that will create jobs and lower prices. Doing so will also accomplish the goal of having more money come into the federal treasuryfrom rent, royalties, and lease payments, not from punitive tax hikes.
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thomas john taylor born about 1827 earsdon, northumberland.
Parents william taylor and isabella taylor (nee ward) both born around 1800 in earsdon/ muggleswick.
Moved to stepney, london about 1839.
Trying to find thomas john on the 1851 census - no success.
I believe he may have moved to manchester and married a elizabeth herbert, had a child called elizabeth about 1851/2. poss. emigrated to adelaide, australia about 1852/5.
All possibilities but no evidence to firmly back this info. going round in circles.
Need certs. to back the above.
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Were you ever in a relationship where you woke up one morning and said, 'This person is making me old.'?
It's not that they are actually making you old. Mother Nature does a fine job of that on her own and when your genes add something like heart disease or cancer to the mix, it is scary. And, it is not that I am afraid of death, because I am not. And, someday I will explain that when I am feeling very psychic and ready to open my soul to the world (plus a death experience- not my own though).
What the thing is, is that I want to enjoy every minute of this life while I am here. It is way too short not to. I used to hike, picnic in the Dunes State Park in the winter, ski (cross-country and downhill), and just explore. I went camping every chance I got. Daughter-of-eleven and I once went camping with the tent and a roll of aluminum foil. Seriously, I forgot blankets, bedding and utensils. I stopped and bought a spatula and a blanket. You can make a very good bacon and egg breakfast on foil, over an open fire.
I have visited every state in this union except Alaska. I have camped in Canada and spent two hours in Mexico. That's a whole other story. I have whale watched and driven a large cargo van up a gravel mining road in Colorado. That MAY just be what is wrong with daughter-of-eleven. She was with me and never quite got over that adventure. She did not mind going up so much, it was the backing back down the narrow, steep, drop-off, gravel mining road that did her in.
The point is, and I am sure there is a point somewhere; I am not ready to sit in a rocking chair yet. I have given up most things for years now because it seemed so unfair to my husband to do things without him. He cannot help being disabled, but I realized a few years ago that I was getting older than I should be because of not living and it was not doing him any favors either, that I was declining. He does what he can and I need to do what I can. As I said, life is just too short.
I started out taking violin lessons. It was something I had always wanted to do and I inherited my uncle's violin. So, the last year and a half I was in Wyoming I studied with Rainer Schwartzkof and, if I do say so myself, and actually, my teacher did; I'm rather an advanced case study on violin. It may have been the years of music in school. and teaching myself to play organ. But, by the end of the year and a half, we were doing Mazas duets and, oh, how I loved that. I gave that up when I moved.
So, now that I am all better (my chest has been opened and my heart repaired) and I again have health insurance to get some rehab to help me get exercising again, I am anxious to get back to the violin. My goal: to play Hay Una Mujer Desaparecida by Wolff; Three Pieces from Schindler's List by John Williams and I have a book of Classical Solos to tackle. I am also anxious to get back to painting.
Until they get me settled in rehab, I walk (on our four acres), and I tend the garden (getting my pulse rate up a bit) and I take pictures, and I write. Irritating Chihuahua accompanies me and occasionally sneaks away, but when I am out of doors, it recharges my batteries.
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MESA, Ariz. -- Ryan Kalish felt nearly as bad as the U.S. women's hockey team after it lost to Canada in the finals of the Winter Olympics on Thursday. Kalish, a non-roster invitee in Cubs camp, trained with some of the U.S. women a year ago.
"They were fun to be around," Kalish said Friday. "These women, they train so hard for their sport and they don't get paid any money. It's all about passion. Obviously, I'm very passionate about baseball and there's big money in it, so it's a lot more appealing [for me]. They're working for every four years.
"They were so ready to go every day, early mornings, trying to push themselves, lifting weights, running, the whole nine," the outfielder said. "And that was only the beginning of their day because they had [hockey] practice later."
Kalish, who was with the Red Sox organization prior to signing with the Cubs in December, worked out with the women at Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning near Boston. Boyle is a consultant to the Red Sox and designed a program for the women's hockey team.
"[Boyle] loves hockey, so he did a lot of the training for free out of the kindness of his heart," Kalish said. "It was so cool to be around them. They're working for a medal, for the love of the game. Being around that was awesome for me.
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Jim Carrey Surprises High School Team
Look at this picture. Does this look like the faces of a bunch of high school baseball players in Iowa who just lost? Absolutely not. Do you know why? Because one of the best things you can do to get out of a bad mood is to get ice cream. There's no arguing that, it's just a fact. Throw in meeting Jim Carrey and that will literally turn your day/week around ten times out of ten. So jealous. Talk about right place at the right time. Jim Carrey happened to be in Iowa for a meditation retreat and ran into the kids while getting some food. Pretty awesome.


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Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton has again said that he is thinking of quitting touring, attributing his decision to the road being "unbearable" in addition to "odd ailments" that may force him to put down his guitar permanently.
As reported by NME, Clapton makes these bold proclamations in the August 2014 cover story of Uncut Magazine. "The road has become unbearable. It's become unapproachable, because it takes so long to get anywhere. It's hostile – everywhere: getting in and out of airports, traveling on planes and in cars," Clapton says in the interview."There are tons of things I'd like to do, but I'm looking at retirement too. What I'll allow myself to do, within reason, is carry on recording in the studio. I don't want to go off the boil to the point where I'm embarrassing myself."
Clapton admitted that his health could factor into his decision, adding, "Maybe. It might be that I can't, if it hurts too much. I have odd ailments." Last year, Clapton canceled several shows due to back pain.
Earlier this week, Clapton was booed at a show in Glasgow after cutting his concert short due to technical difficulties. And while Clapton's comments in the Uncut interview may spark some worry among his devoted fans, this certainly isn't the first time that Clapton has spoken of his imminent retirement from the road. In February 2013, he spoke of wanting to retire from the road when he turned 70, which just so happens to be on March 30, 2015.
During the course of his interview with Uncut, Clapton also takes the opportunity to shed some light on the status of Cream:
"I haven't spoken to Jack [Bruce] or Ginger [Baker] for quite a time. I don't think there's been any line of dialogue between any of us – or between me and them, that is to say – since the American affair [the trio's Madison Square Garden shows in 2005]," Clapton says. "After that I was pretty convinced that we had gone as far as we could without someone getting killed. At this time in my life I don't want blood on my hands! I don't want to be part of some kind of tragic confrontation."
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Remember, wildlife rehabilitators are volunteers.
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Testing the King of Falafel's Frozen Falafel Mix at Home
When it comes to street food, there's no one like Astoria's Fares Zeideia ("Freddy" to everyone that knows him), the self-appointed King of Falafel and Shawarma and bronze medal winner of our top falafel sandwich championship. If you've ever visited his cart in Astoria (or his new one in Midtown), you've probably been passed an on-the-house falafel, fresh from the fryer, while you wait on line. If you haven't, you should know that Freddy's King of Falafel title is well deserved.
A few months ago Freddy released his first consumer goods: frozen heat-and-eat falafel and the raw spiced chickpea mix to fry at home. You can find both products in some Astoria supermarkets, Balady Halal in Bay Ridge, Al Aqsa in Clifton, NJ, and at Trade Fair locations around the city (except the Metropolitan Avenue location). Could falafel reheated at home possibly be as good as the real thing? Could I fry falafel as well as Freddy? I picked up some packages to find out.
Heat-And-Eat Falafel
For $3.99 you get an 11.5 ounce package with about nine or ten falafel. Freddy's oblong fritters are larger than most, a little over an ounce each; four or five make a well-stuffed pita sandwich. There are instructions for baking the falafel in an oven or cooking them in a microwave—opt for the former to keep their crispness intact. After about ten minutes in a moderate oven they came out hot and crisp, with just a little oil seeping up to the surface.
How'd they taste? Falafel connoisseurs—and Freddy fans in particular—will be able to tell that these aren't quite as crisp, light, or intensely flavored as when they're fresh. But as a quick fix for a homemade falafel sandwich or as part of an impromptu snack platter? They're pretty solid stuff.
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If you're willing to deep fry at home, go for the frozen falafel mix. Priced at $2.99 for 24 ounces, it makes about 20 Freddy-sized falafel, though one of the joys of frying your own falafel is forming it into whatever shapes you want. Prefer spheres? Go for it. Like Egyptian-style lentil-shaped patties? Those were my favorite.
The mix is a little dry, so you'd do well to wet your hands before forming it into shapes. Dig around and you'll find bits of herb, onion, and spices in the coarsely ground chickpeas. Compared to some commercial falafel mixes with long, additive-enriched ingredient lists, Freddy's falafel mix is straightforward stuff.
The instructions call for heating vegetable oil to 375°F, then to fry five or six falafel at a time until they're brown and crisp, about three to four minutes. Your eyes are your best guide: look for a dark mahogany crust that feels solid when prodded with a wooden spoon. After a quick drain on paper towels the falafel are ready to go.
Short of frying my Freddy mix in the same pot as the one at his cart, I can't do a side-by-side comparison of my fresh-from-the-fryer falafel against Freddy's, but I've eaten from the cart enough to know that these are the real deal. Super-crisp, full of warm spices, with just a hint of onion richness, they're everything great falafel should be.
What To Do With Them?
True Freddy fans know that his falafel sandwich, made with subpar pita, isn't the best the cart has to offer—his falafel over rice, with plenty of tahini, hot sauce, and pickles, is the way to go. But in the privacy of your own kitchen you're free to use whatever pita you like; Brooklyn's Damascus bakery, common in many Middle Eastern markets, is a good pick to get you started.
Or skip the sandwich all together and eat falafel the way some of Astoria's Egyptians do: for breakfast. With some foul (stewed fava beans), bread, cheese, and cucumber salad, it's a hell of a way to start your day.
Want to try the falafel yourself? Head this way for store locations and more information.
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After such day full of adventures and hard work, it's time for rest.
Chill out in Old Pub Jaszczur in Elbląg, the most archaeological pub in this town 🙂 Old bricks and arches all around with nice atmosphere. Have a nice party!
Ok. Olaf has gone. His cell phone rang (he has a cell phone!? how???) he has sent me MMS few minutes ago…
There is quite nice party at the Museum 🙂 Hope we don't need to clean after it!
I wish you all good weekend!


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