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OCCA to hire marketing/events director
Volunteer hand work is continuing - augmented in the last few weeks by a contractor with mechanized equipment - to build what's being called the Bear Creek Park
Singletrack (mountain bike trail).
ōRealistically, we're looking at a mid-November finish,ö said County Parks Planner Brian Kay this week. ōThen through the winter and spring, we can build in drops and other features.ö
Workdays are currently scheduled every Thursday at 5 p.m. and Saturday at 8 a.m. People who would like to volunteer should come to Bear Creek Park's Pavilion 7, on the west side of the parking lot just past the main entrance off Argus Street.
Tools are provided. Long pants and boots are recommended because of cactus and yucca. Volunteers should bring water and gloves.
For more information or to verify a workday is on, call 633-0025 or 520-6985.
Medicine Wheel, a volunteer bicycle/trail construction group, is partnering with El Paso County Parks to build the trail, which is to be used for fun or formal races. When finished, it will be roughly two miles in length, including structural features here and there (such as drops or rock steps) to challenge riders, in a hilly area west of 21st Street and south of the County Dog Park.
The plan went through a design and public process last spring. Volunteer construction, led by the bicyclists, occurred weekly through the summer. August brought a financial boost, when the REI outdoor company gave Medicine Wheel and County Parks each a $5,000 grant to use towards the project. Another $8,000 donation came from the Pikes Peak Triple Crown of Running. This allowed a trail contractor to be hired, Kay said.
The running group donation reflects Triple Crown's traditional use of Bear Creek trails for events, as well as the point that Bear Creek Singletrack ōis not strictly a biking trail,ö Kay said. ōWe will keep it open to all users.ö
As of last week, volunteers from Medicine Wheel had ōroughed inö approximately 2,000 feet, and Trail Arts (the contractor) 3,000 feet. What remains to be built is about 1,000 feet by volunteers, 1,500 feet by the contractor and 2,000 feet by Springs Utilities (a segment that will double as an easement access), Kay said.
The plan has evolved from the original design, which showed three potential loops within a main loop. The final layout has five inner loops.
The Medicine Wheel website has promoted the project as the start of a potential bicycling trail network in the Bear Creek Park area, but Kay cautioned that before planning additional trails, ōwe'll want to step back and see if it's going to be a success or not. But so far everyone's been supportive of it. It's a great addition to the park, and it's already being used on weekends a lot.ö
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
Type A: One Gem To Rule Them All
This person is fixated on one type of gem, and filled all their sockets with that type. They don't seem to care about socket bonuses at all. Classic examples are tanks who fill every gem slot with blue +stamina gems, or mages/warlocks who go for red +spell damage gems.
This type of player is occasionally seen on the WoW forums complaining that the sockets on gear are not the "correct" type.
Type B: Let's Match Colours
This person puts a pure blue gem in a blue socket, a pure red gem in a red socket, and a pure yellow gem in a yellow socket. They always make sure they have their socket bonuses.
Type C: Multi-colour Gems For The Win
This person uses a lot of multiple colored gems, getting lots of smaller bonuses. They'll still get their socket bonuses, but often get some effect from a socket colour not available on that piece of gear. For example, if there are blue/yellow sockets, they may go for red/blue and red/yellow gems.
I'm a Type B person myself. I like getting my socket bonuses, and there's usually one gem in each color that I like. Multi-colour just seems like too much work for me, and for some reason isn't as pleasing to my eye as matching a red gem to a red socket. For example, all my red/yellow/blue tanking sockets are +8 dodge/+8 defense/+12 stamina.
So what type of gem person are you?
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- Anonymous6:11 AM, April 27, 2007
I started as a type B, but lately I'm turning into a type A.ReplyDelete
It really depends on the gear you get and what gives you better results. A +crit (or +spi) bonus is (almost) worthless in a shadowpriest, so it's easier to bypass those in favor of gems that actually help you better (+sta [for pvp] and +dam for [for pve] ftw :P)
- Anonymous8:13 AM, April 27, 2007
Type C.ReplyDelete
Funny, but it had never occurred to me to put the "wrong" color gem in a socket; I didn't even know you could do that!
I'm a mix between Type A and Type C. I will pick two multi colored gems and use those two exclusively. For example for my tanking gear as a paladin I will use for yellow and blue slots the green +defense and +stamina gems, and for red sockets I use the +spell damage and +stamina gems. Also, if you get up to the epic gems like those dropped from Heroics, you need to use multi-color gems anyways, because at Epic quality, there are no single colors.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1:36 PM, April 27, 2007
Whatever I can get for cheap that matches stats I want. I hate farming and I have a mixed resto/balance build that favours mixed stats anywayReplyDelete
On my heal gear, definitely type C. Most of the healing gear bonuses are useful, so I like to get the socket bonuses, and I think that Royal Nightseye (+9 heal, 2 mana/5) are rockin'.ReplyDelete
On my tank gear, I started off as a 8 dodge for red, 4 stam/6 defense for yellow, and 12 stam for blue kind of guy, but I'm starting to gravitate toward 12 stam all around and becoming a type A. The deficiency in HP for a paladin tank when compared with druids and warriors usually leads to spike damage deaths, so I'm trying to soften that blow as much as possible by starting to stack armor and HP. The socket bonuses on warrior tank gear usually end up being +hit and +strength anyway, so feh.
-Baelor, 70 paladin
Runetotem server
I'm generally a type B and C person... if you're choosing gear appropriate for your class and playstyle then the socket bonuses are usually worth having, but in the case of gear with three different socket colors, probably one of them doesn't show a clear advantage in going exclusively with the single color/bigger numbers, so I'll happily spilt that into two lesser numbers for stats I really like, while still being able to keep the socket bonus.ReplyDelete
- Cormack2:17 PM, April 29, 2007
Type A with a dash of C. As a tank, there are very few cases where it's worth putting anything in a socket besides a 12 stam gem. There are a couple pieces where the socket bonuses are actually worth it, but those are few and far between.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9:27 AM, April 30, 2007
Type B, C when necessary. There are PvP rewards (epic gems) that are too good to pass up.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous2:22 PM, May 01, 2007
As a priest I'm type A with a dash of type B. If the set bonus is actually worth it-+healing or spirit- then I go for, if it isn't, then I slap as many of those sweet +healing gems into my armor as possible. Who needs MP5 gems when you can use MP5 enchants. :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9:31 AM, May 02, 2007
ima tankadin, and if the socket bonuses are worth having I'll be a type C. Otherwise, I be a type A and just go with the blue 12 stam gems, like if the bonuses are str or something.ReplyDelete
I was only a type B when BC first came out and I didn't know that slightly better gems (the uncommons) weren't that much more to buy at the AH than the vendor gems in Honor Hold.
My main is a elemental/resto shaman (I love healing, but if we have another healer, I'm equally useful as DPS lightning bolt spam), trying to get good +healing gear so people will take me seriously as a healer.ReplyDelete
I'm pretty much type C at this point, I'm trying to fill up my gear with multi-color gems with +healing, int and mana/5, while not exclusively getting pure +healing boosts. Royal Shadow Draenite and Luminous Flame Spessarite FTW, most of my gear is exclusively made up of those two gems.
I <3 matching colors, it just feels *wrong* somehow not to. Matching bonuses on my gear generally gives me stats I want anyway (The three socketed items I have now give me +healing, int and spell crit as bonuses, which are definitely great things to have).
Though I can see myself doing the same thing on my lock too, that +spelldamage/stamina Glowing Shadow Draenite looks awesome to me.
I operate with hybrids, I basically try to use everything at my disposal. Whether It's hybrid gems or whatever. I also believe in never breaking the set bonus, sure the set bonus probably doesn't help when you want to focus on something specific. But I say, heck with breaking bonuses, you can always find the stat you need on a hybrid gem anyways.ReplyDelete

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More than 1,000 reasons why your traditional job search isn't working. Only 1 why you should use Fuzu.
Due to the growing economy and long distances, there are quite some job opportunities for drivers and logistics professionals. In various large corporations, there is a need for instance for logistics coordinators and managers who develop and optimize supply chain. In addition, the tourism industry provides people with jobs as drivers, for instance near the natural parks, beaches and local tourist attractions. Finally, various jobs are available also in the local transport, especially near the large cities that attract commuting employees from the rural areas.


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"Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus" is an amusing booze-and-drug-fueled road trip, its travelers on a quest to experience the Holy Grail of highs.
Starring Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffmann and a trio of irresistibly charming Chilean brothers, the search for a slice of the famed San Pedro cactus with legendary hallucinogenic powers takes us through northern Chile's corner of the Atacama Desert. Scenic, short and slight, the film manages to avoid the tendency to make these sort of big-screen excursions more tedious than actual road trips.
As noble as the desire to achieve the perfect altered state may be, it makes for a looser-knit comic fable than we are used to from Sebastián Silva, the Chilean writer-director who crafted class differences into such sharply observed subversive pleasure in 2009's "The Maid."
Though Cera and Hoffmann have the featured roles, Silva has made "Crystal Fairy" very much a family affair, casting three of his brothers to fill out the Chilean part of the equation. Champa (Juan Andrés Silva), the eldest, has been recruited by his drug-loving, international backpacking friend, Jamie (Cera), to make the trip with him. Lel (José Miguel Silva) and Pilo (Agustín Silva) are more than happy to go along for the ride.
Fittingly it begins the night before with a party. Jammed with Champa's friends, there is music to dance to, an unlimited supply of alcohol and some of the finest coke that Jamie has snorted. There is also a wild American child wearing hippie rags, hoping for universal harmony and calling herself Crystal Fairy (Hoffmann). In Jamie's drugged-out state he invites her to join them on the road. But a morning-after conference nixes that idea and the guys hit the road with a promise to look for Crystal at one of their pit stops along the way.
Silva is always good with the details of human dynamics. As free-floating an exercise as this film is, the dialogue still carries a knowing insight. He's devised more of a clash of personality than culture in "Crystal," though language and customs do play a role. The narrative drifts effortlessly between English and Spanish with a good deal of fun in the Spanish asides.
The brothers are easygoing guys with a long history of making car rides and other inconveniences work. Jamie, on the other hand, is about as itchy as they come, his litany of irritations unbearable.
Cera is terribly unlikable here. I mean that as a compliment. His attempts to move beyond the sweet nerd roles that defined his early work are a welcome change.
Meanwhile, the Silvas are a fine lot, apparently used to letting Sebastián run the show. The director clearly knows how to play to their personalities. Juan Andrés' Champa is the typical older brother, forced into the peace-making role; José Miguel's Lel is the mischievous one in the middle; and Agustín's Pilo is the bashful youngest.
The hours on the road shift the mood from party central to contemplation. The hypnotic solitude of the Atacama is beautifully captured by cinematographer Cristián Petit-Laurent's lens.
Just as we've grown weary of Jamie, Crystal Fairy re-enters the film bringing new sources of conflict all rolled into a mostly naked bundle of complications. The actress is fearless in bearing all to create this particular free spirit. Absurd mystical pronouncements somehow become achingly poignant. Her casual nudity a statement in itself. You know the sketchbook she clutches has other stories to tell.
The town where they run into Crystal again also means they're in prime San Pedro growing area. The search gets serious and Jamie's obsession to get a precious piece of Pedro becomes a good comic break from the road.
In case we are missing the real point of this trip, Silva keeps circling back to the ways in which that singular focus on the elusive high means Jamie's missing all there is to experience in the here and now.
Not so the others. Crystal sketches, runs around naked and basically embraces everything and everyone she encounters. The brothers fish, swim, drink and generally horse around on the pristine beach where they finally pitch their tents.
Whether the San Pedro does its magic is of course the big question. Regardless, Silva works his, delivering not exactly the Holy Grail of road movies, but a very mellow summer high.
'Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus'
Rating: Not rated
Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes; English and Spanish with English subtitles
Playing: At Landmark Nuart Theatre, West Los Angeles


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Like others, I am trying this out after GoodReads sold out to Amazon. I am an avid reader, and I hope to keep track of what I read as well as share it with others who may be interested.
A little more about me:
I have been an academic librarian since 2004, and I started blogging in 2005. Prior to this, I have been a high school teacher and a college adjunct instructor. One of my passions is to teach others how to know when they need information, how to find it, and how to make use of it in an ethical way. I have access to a diverse range of information sources, and I know how to use them. Plus, I arm people with facts and information. I am firm believer in teaching these very important skills.
I call my professional blog The Gypsy Librarian (where, among other things, I read a lot of library literature so you don't have to, then I write about it) because a gypsy is a wanderer, and I am a wanderer at heart. As Tolkien wrote, "not all who wander are lost." I also keep a personal blog at The Itinerant Librarian. Finally, I do have a commonplace/scratch pad blog at Alchemical Thoughts. Feel free to check my blogs out. Comments are always welcome.
Married to The Better Half, we have a daughter who reminds me innocence and wonder are great things. We also have two cats who keep life interesting.


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Poking around on a Sunday morning
Sunday morning dawned cold and gray. The temperature was in the high thirties. That would be the warmest part of the day. The wind steadily increased from the north.
Wade and I had breakfast at IHOP as usual. By the time we left, it was noticeably colder. We shivered in the parking lot while discussing a minor point about camera lenses, but gratefully dove into our cars to get out of that wind.
I went home and put on a heavier jacket. Then I went off to downtown Tulsa for some photos.
I found some interesting buildings, but in all honesty, it was so cold I didn't want to spend much time outdoors. Despite multiple layers and a windproof jacket, I was chilled to the core. I even stopped at QT for a cup of coffee. It didn't help.
These are just three of the day's photos. The rest are on my Picasa web album.
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Escape From Castle Grayskull!
By King Tamask and Medusa Moon
When Vulnar the Bold struck down the ice dragon, Frigranamyr, ending Eternia's eight million years-long Ice Age, his victory brought great misfortune to the ancient hero's people.
Frigranamyr's fellow dragons, Meranamyr of the Oceans, Dunamyr
of the Deserts, Vulcanamyr of the Mountains and Sheenamyr of the Jungles tore apart Vulnar's
The brothers survived their expulsion and founded
another kingdom in their grandfather's native Vine Jungles, near
Until their final, fatal battle, many months ago, the descendants of these warriors, who called themselves the Vulnarians, honored their forefathers through arcane rites and tournaments of will and strength. Heuay, their fierce spirit of truth, decreed that the inheritor of Vulnar's weapon must be pure of body and spirit and his back strong enough to shoulder the burden of man's hard destiny. Truth must pass through this He-Man as light through a pane of glass, undiluted by worry for his own welfare or that of those close to him.
For this reason, the way between He-Man, the last inheritor of Vulnar's Sword of Power, and his beloved Lady Teela of Eternos had always been hard.
There was a time, at the end of Prince Adam's seven years in the Vine jungle valley of his uncle, wild King Tamask, before the Sword of Power and becoming the He-Man, that he and fair Teela were inseparable, and nothing born of man or fashioned by his hand could long stand against them. Many battles had they shared at his good friend Duncan's side, back to back, slashing a broad, crimson path through the enemies of Eternos, the just and enlightened city of King Randor. Rest was elusive, and when time permitted such things, it was all the more elusive, for these young lovers had lusts that were not so easily sated. They ate, drank and loved like hungry lions between kills!
The world was their banquet table. Its bloodstained ruins, their stony bed!
Now, the nightmare so long dreaded by the warriors of Eternos had come to pass.
The Sword of Power, ancient key to the most terrible weapon in the known universe, belonged to the Enemy of Man - the undead lord of the wastelands that called itself Skeletor. Castle Grayskull and all its eons-old, cosmic secrets were the demonking's to command.
From the Shadow Lands of the Dark Hemisphere, did Skeletor send, with mere force of his will, the vile Priests of Infinitias to lay waste the kingdom of Randor. Twenty nine years ago, united by their lust for power in the Shadow Lands, they unleashed a monster from the human brain's most primitive regions ..and incarnated him within the mortal flesh of an ancient Eternian king, ..Keldor the Great. Raised to great power in the Dark Hemisphere, his high priests - savage Beast Man of Gore, the bloodthirsty Mer-Man of undersea Moratain, Trap-Jaw of subterranean Sybronn and three-eyed Prince Tri-Klops of Infinitias - as if possessed of a single will, attacked Eternia and found His Majesty, King Randor, repaired to his warrior ways, armed to the teeth and pitched into battle against them.
Rallying to war, the armies of mountainous Clampes and of Myzargard, of
green Lorinth, the Golden Isles and of the nearby
In a dungeon.
He-Man found the weight of the korodite harness he usually wore strangely absent from his broad, naked shoulders, and he looked down at his chest to find it no longer there. Now, his eyes searched the darkness around him for the Sword of Power ..and found not even a glimpse of its silvery metal.
Something else stirred him, as he shrugged off the blinding, suffocating dank of his prison.
He-Man was not imprisoned here alone. A gentler scent and breathing rhythm than his own charged his senses. "Have I gone insane? Lady Teela, ..is that really you?"
"Aye, He-Man - it is," the shadowed figure chained beside him spoke. When she leaned forward into a faint, dull shaft of flickering light, he could see that it was Captain Teela. "I don't know where we are, and I dread the knowing it too well, but we must escape! We must be free, before our enemy carries out his plans!"
"Hold on, captain," He-Man grunted, his massive muscles racked with pain. "There is likely no end to the abuses we've endured at our enemies' hands. We're much weakened,..but, we'll know vengeance soon enow."
"I care not how many stand against us!" snarled the brave captain, staring forward into the shadows, "I'll see these shadows made red with Infinitian blood, when finally I slip these bonds! I swear it!"
Bizarrely shaped, pod-like lanterns protruding from the shadows flickered alive, one and all. Weaving in and out of the green-gray, stonework of the walls and between the lanterns, were great, metal consoles, flickering with spectral light and heat. Images from every corner of the Eternian planet played in crystalline orbs, bulging from and half-submerged in the massive face of this ancient machine.
"Eodwar's Schemes!" He-Man exclaimed to himself with disbelief, as he strained against his bonds. His eyes narrowed, adjusting to the dim light. "I know this place. This ..is Castle Grayskull?!"
"You talk in your sleep, He-Man," a
familiar voice cracked from the darkness before him. A burst of violet light
flared brilliant as a sun - then, dulled to a warm glow, under which the masked
and hooded owner of the voice was revealed. His ram-headed Havoc Staff born
high in one gauntleted claw, Skeletor laughed.
"After your adventure on the banks of the
Sauntering from the darkness to sit at the Lord of Destruction's feet, a perfect mirror of Man-At-Arms' daughter groaned ..and shed her comely guise. The warm, pink of her skin warped to pale lavender. Long, darkly violet tresses fell over her bare shoulders and back. "Did you think your Lady Teela had returned to you, Heuay Man? Love is not the wild, swift tiger you hoped, ..but, a deadly and watchful hawk, stalking its prey."
Leaning forward on his throne, Skeletor stroked the creature's dark violet hair, as though she were a pet, and the events of the past night came flooding back into He-Man's brain.
His capture by Lord Mer-Man and the warriors of undersea Moratain.
The bizarre experiments administered by Skeletor's scientists that had left no portion of his body
unknown to their instruments, ..and his seduction and
abuse at the hands of a woman - a thing - impersonating Captain Teela. The color of rage reddened He-Man's face. His
nostrils flared, and there was no part of his body, upon which her scent did
not mock him. "Scircee, ..the changeling-witch of
"Fool, Vulnarian?" Lady Scircee sneered, over a shoulder. "At wild, fierce loveplay, you may have no equal, ..but a heartsick boy might've shown my charms more resistance. For a few hours' pleasure, you have betrayed all of mankind ..and his Ancients! Show him, milord - Scircee begs you! Show him the blade!"
The King of Snake Mountain laughed - hellfire flickering in the empty sockets of his Mask of Destruction - and leaned forward from his stolen throne with a dreadful confidence. The blade in his black gloved claw, the realization of man's worst fears! "Behold, He-Man, ..the Sword of Power, once more rejoined to its darker sister, mine own Sword of Chaos! When you and the gentle lambs of Eternos are all rotting on hooks, know that the destiny of Eternia rests in Skeletor's hands, ..and that Grayskull has a new master!"
"You did this?" Teela asked, glaring in He-Man's direction. "You traded the Sword of Power to lie with that - that witch?! You truly have gone insane, ..and you've betrayed us all."
"I am a man, Teela, .." He-Man answered distractedly, turning to Skeletor, "- as weak for want of woman, as any other, ..but, the Lord of the Wastes sent his Lady Screech to lie with me for other purposes. Purposes more base than even murder."
"Slow, but clever, Vulnarian," Skeletor nodded. "Why would I send fair Scircee to kill you, when I might conjure at will warriors from the jungles and seas ..or even from the zombie hordes of subterranean Sybronn to end your pestilent existence?"
"Slaves," He-Man said with disgust. "The Lady Screech is barren or ruined somehow, ..and our time together yielded no offspring. You wanted to breed us like beasts and enslave my progeny ..to a conquered Grayskull!"
The Enemy of Man cackled. "Though I am far from human, your primitive species interests me greatly. I watched you and Lady Scircee for a time and found your coupling to be fascinating, ..but, sadly unproductive. Perhaps, we'll give one of the lizard-folk a try next!"
"Another chance, Lord Skeletor," the Lady Screech begged, cringing at her hooded and black-robed master's knee. Her white teeth glistening with primal ambitions. "Bid me take him now, by force, and I will yield from these loins a legion of He-Men to command! Raise Scircee above the heads of all your priest-kings of Infinitias, and it is yours!"
The Lord of Destruction pointed his Havoc Staff at Lady Screech, and a large, dark bird flew fearfully from where she had rested at his feet. "Begone, witch! The new age, my age, will not be wrought from the mutant trash of the Shadow Lands, but from the ancient technology in these walls! Those black engines of destruction and creation are still here, and so long as I wield these swords, they are mine to command! For now and forever, ..Grayskull is mine!"
On legs densely woven with muscles, the big, golden-maned warrior hurled himself at the demonking's throne. A sound like the kind wounded animals make echoed along the dungeon walls, as cables of blinding, blue light crackled over He-Man's flesh, after which he fell to his knees.
"...make you ..p-pay, ..Lord of the Wastes," sputtered He-Man. His otherworldly strength exhausted. "I ..will know ..vengeance."
"Haste, He-Man of the barbarians," Skeletor hissed, dismissively. "It is always the mark of the lowly born. For that reason, I have taken great patience in the planning of my ascension, ..as well as a few trophies to discourage your vengeance!"
From his black marble throne, Skeletor gestured, and a large orb of darkly golden crystal spun before him. Inside, as if frozen in time, two familiar faces were visible.
"No!" Captain Teela cried, looking on. She strained against her bonds, shaking her head in disbelief. "It-it cannot be! Father? Ruin-Zo?!"
Their bodies arched and twisted.
Their arms upraised, and their faces stretched in silent screams of terror and shock, He-Man knew the two men submerged in the globe of dark , orange crystal. It was the work of Skeletor's Fright Fighter, a deadly, insect-like, flying machine assembled from the trash of Grayskull's ancient, long-dead scientists. "By the All-father, what have I done?"
"Father!" Teela sobbed, struggling under her chains, as the globe descended toward her, ..and Skeletor looked on. When her bonds, mysteriously disappeared, she collapsed on her knees before it. Inside, Man-At-Arms and Teela's lover, the darkly handsome Sergeant Roberto Ruin-Zo, stared blankly from their crystalline prison. "Father, please! Ruin-Zo! I am here! Teela is here to - oh, Ancients! No! No-ooo!"
"Like flies in amber," Skeletor cackled to her from across the dimly illumined dungeon and rose to stand. "You may save one, Captain - only one, ..but you may have neither!"
"They're alive?!" He-Man marveled, still bound to the dungeon wall. "For what dread purpose, Skeletor?"
Glaring at the Vulnarian, Lady Teela rose to stand. A suit of gray metal forming over her flesh! "What sorcery is this? Tell me how, demonking! What must I do to free them?"
The Lord of the Wastes extended a claw, and a pair of silvery blades flew into the captain's hands from the stonework of Grayskull's walls. From the empty sockets of his skull-like mask, crimson light flickered, and He-Man's chains vanished! In the barbarian's hand, a single spear, formed of what looked to be iron, took shape from the empty air.
"So, you will watch one of us murder the other?" He-Man's eyes narrowed, full of mistrust. "Then, what demon? Why have you returned?"
At his most imperious, Skeletor was as mesmerizing as he was grotesque. The King of Snake Mountain lowered himself onto his throne, and the inflexible gold of his Mask of Living Death did appear, however fleetingly, ..to grin. "Skeletor only brings mankind that which the cesspool of his soul begs to taste. Perhaps, I will restage this scenario with His Majesty King Randor and his beloved Marlena. Perhaps, I will put a dagger in the hand of every new mother ..and watch the cradles all over Eternia overrun with infant blood! Hahahahaha! Perhaps, ..I will make you watch!"
"I will watch the filth run from where your soul should be, vile demon," the bronze-skinned giant seethed, aiming his weapon for Skeletor's head, "when I tear you apart!"
The Lady Teela stepped forward, blocking He-Man's cast with her blade. "That is my father encased in that amber! My father ..and, next to him, the only man, I will ever love! I will gladly bring Skeletor your head to save them!"
A shriek split the air, and He-Man grunted at the hot pain freshly ripped into his left shoulder. He saw his red blood running down over the swelling muscles of his arm, but all that remained of his attacker was the faintest trace of her musk on the air. "There is no honor in this, good Teela. This carnage!"
"Do not speak to Titus Duncan's daughter of honor, Lord of Vines," Captain Teela growled, swinging her broadsword for He-Man's throat. "Not, when you've spent your last drop so cheaply! Whether my father is saved or not, your life is forfeit to me! I care not how honorably it is given or taken!"
Clutching his Havoc Staff in one gauntleted hand, the King of Snake Mountain cackled - a crimson glow blazing defiant in the blackened, empty sockets, where eyes should have been - and leaned forward from his stolen throne with a dreadful confidence. "Then take his life, woman, ..if you would see your father and lover live! Kill the Vulnarian ..and bring forth the Age of Destruction!"
Before her feet hit the floor, He-Man found Lady Teela's blades in flight against him, again. Though he was as strong, as she was fast - though he deflected her blows as one nursed at the flaming teat of war, He-Man was awe-struck at the ferocity of Teela's assault. An attack this swiftly pressed and skillfully executed was not something he was used to fending off.
Without killing an opponent.
Never had a weapon been so heavy in his hands, even as
Lady Teela hurled the twin blades toward He-Man's
neck and chest. His love for
He-Man turned to find mad Teela in the air, her beautiful body twisting high above his head - the silvery twin blades spread out at her side, like wings. He remembered the lithe and pale, red-haired girl she had been, and how, even in his youth, he had worshipped her fiery beauty at play in the trees of the Vine Jungle. As she descended upon him, her booted heels hammering his chest, he realized that he had stared too long.
He-Man was suddenly pinned beneath her.
The twin blades resting on either side of his throat, he
felt Captain Teela's hot breath falling full on him ..and no quarter from her deadly whims. "Weakness
for you has brought us to this, Teela. Death
The Lord of Destruction stood up from his throne, mesmerized by the tableau of human suffering before him.
Pride! Rage! Shame! Regret! All so painful! So gloriously torturous! A banquet of despair, upon which any demon might gladly gorge, ..until bloat and senseless with pleasure!
Skeletor wrung his hands with feverous anticipation. "Do it, woman! Kill him! He's dishonored all the Ancients've made him. He is nothing! A lust-crazed beast with no care for honor ..or love! He has betrayed you and all men. Kill He-Man, ..or Ruin-Zo dies!"
He-Man's steely gaze met hers, and nothing stood between
the naked Vulnarian's heart and her vengeance -
nothing, but the end of the world. Teela threw
down the mystical weapons in her hands. "I won't do it, demon - not even
to save them! Better my father and lover die in that amber prison, than see me
made one of
From behind his grotesque, golden mask, the Lord of Destruction uttered ancient words, and raised the unified Sword of Power in his gauntleted hands. Merged into one, single weapon, its weird energies bathed the grayish stonework of the dungeon in an eerie, blue glow. "So be it, woman! You feared to follow your father and lover to Oblivion - now, they will follow you! You and all mankind!"
Grayskull, its every stone and mortared crevice, shook! The mysterious machines embedded in its ancient walls glowed, as though an inferno blazed behind them.
Dazed, they did not notice the empty suits of blackened armor stirring alive from the shadows. Dull, crimson light flickered lantern-like through the eyelets of their empty helmets. Weapons of every shape and purpose materializing in their soulless hands, they marched toward Skeletor's enemies - the stonework of the dungeon floor raped under their metal heels.
"We're finished, He-Man!" shouted Captain Teela, assuming a defensive stance. "You saw it with your own eyes! The demonking has merged the Swords of Power and Darkness into one! Grayskull and its secrets are his!"
"Hold, good Teela," He-Man called to her. He looked down in disbelief, as the treasure stolen from him by Skeletor's henchmen was returned to him. "My harness, mysteriously returned to me! Something's wrong here. Different. Something's changed! We've got to get to the ramparts!"
Back to back, He-Man and the Captain of the Guard hacked apart the metal shells of Skeletor's lifeless army, forging a treacherous path to a winding column of stone-worked steps. Even as one suit of armor fell under their savage blows, another three moved into its place, wearing down their guard. Drawing them farther and farther apart with each successive attack!
Before He-Man's eyes, a sharp blow cracked against Teela's forehead, nearly decapitating her, and Man-At-Arms' valiant daughter went down under a hail of kicks and spear points. Battering back the metal throngs, He-Man pulled Captain Teela back onto her booted feet. "Within Grayskull's walls, my korodite harness's protective energies are increased a hundred-fold! Stay close, woman, ..if you want to live!"
Awakened into the kind of bloodthirsty fury, for which she was known and feared, the flame-haired vixen attacked the enemy with fist, heel and blade, ..until, mysteriously, the armored drones fell, as one, lifeless to the floor into piles of rusted metal. "This fight was a diversion, He-Man! Every second brings Ruin-Zo and my father closer to death! Yet, there's something else, ..something Skeletor doesn't want us to know!"
Under his golden mane of hair, He-Man knelt beside her, studying the stonework at their feet, as Captain Teela looked on. He touched his hand to the rocky floor, and lowered his head to it, such that he resembled a beast tracking its prey. His nostrils flared, as he got back to his feet and led Captain Teela up the steep, rocky stairway. "By the Ancients, woman - can't you feel it? Grayskull is cold. The entire world ..is dead."
As He-Man and Teela rushed onto the ramparts, Grayskull rumbled. Massive chunks of its mortar and brick crumbled into their path, down the stairs behind them and farther below, into the dank of its dungeon.
"He-Man, what's happening?!" Captain Teela screamed, shielding her face with a silver-gauntleted forearm. Blinding golden light flashed overhead. Dagger-like shards of black mortar took flight for her head, throat and chest.
An explosion of light and heat forced He-Man backwards, and bold Teela followed, as the big Vulnarian pulled her, with one hand, into the protection of his arms. The whine of those ancient death-machines echoed along the ramparts, and great chunks of Grayskull's stonework shattered before its fiery onslaught. "Down, girl! He's controlling Grayskull's cosmic ray cannons!"
The Ancients had enemies.
It is believed that the first of Grayskull's masters were descended from a fierce, bloodthirsty race, the masters of great and deadly machines capable of unleashing their fury on the backs of any, who dared defy Grayskull. The ragtag hordes of primitive Eternia, fearing annihilation, were cowed into caves and the low, forested places that might hide them from Clan Grayskull's flying machines. Terror was the order of the day, and fear of Grayskull's awesome power endured the ages ..and became legend.
He-Man and his beauteous, fire-maned comrade knew all too well what Grayskull's cannons could do, as Oblivion was bloat with the fortress's fallen foes.
Now, hearts raced!
Muscles honed for hot war-making swelled and sprung!
Booted heels and bare hands flattened against stone, barely keeping Skeletor's mortal enemies free of the gruesome end the demonking intended for them. All the while, like some monstrous, ghostly blade, the beam of golden fire cut through metal and rock, until black smoke billowed out from Fortress Grayskull's ramparts!
The dark and vulgar train of a violated bride.
A chilling silence gripped the air, and the whine of the ion cannon ground to a stop. But for the faint crackle of nuclear fire in the rubble scattered across the parapet, nothing appeared to stir. On his belly, He-Man pushed his way out from under a pile of broken rock to his comrade's side. "Teela, are you alright?"
Her back flattened against a large stone block and auburn tresses dangling in her eyes, the battered Captain of the Guard struggled to breathe. Her powerful lungs choked with cosmic ash. "Can you feel it, He-Man? He is still here -- everywhere!"
Only to senses sharpened in the perilous Vine Jungles of Eternia could the presence of evil be clearly felt. "And who claims the mud-holes now, Lord of the Wastes?! Show yourself!"
Before their eyes, a fiery sphere of golden energy took dread shape. Its wild glow flickering into a grotesque and gargantuan phantasm, a disembodied skull-like mask formed, the brilliance of which filled the night sky!
"You are nothing, demonking!" He-Man protested, meeting the apparition's stare with steely calm. "In every heart, a great power stands between man and Destruction! Grayskull is that power, ..and it is beyond your reach! The soul and mind of man is beyond your reach!"
Breathlessly, Captain Teela looked on as stone blocks cracked apart under He-Man's fists!
Huge limestone blocks, laced with silver and each as big as a man, were shattered to dust before her eyes. When she peered through the jagged hole he'd made, she trembled and held fast to her blade. "Grails of Procrustus! Th-there's nothing there! Eternia is gone!"
"The Ancients moved this fortress into another dimension," the golden-haired Vulnarian answered wearily, "- a dead dimension, where Grayskull is an empty ruin, and its legend means nothing!"
Through the empty sockets of his ancient mask, Skeletor looked upon them.
Lightning crackled around him, biting into his flesh, forcing him to his knees, but a glare and a primal roar was all that he gave. Once more, the Vulnarian stood. "The twin Swords of Power in your grasp defy you, King of Snake Mountain, ..as do I!"
A blinding, scarlet flashed from behind the fiery mask, and the giant skull there darkened to a faint, violet haze. Then, the black-robed Lord of the Wastes staggered forth from it ..and collapsed to one armored knee. "I ..am the King of Castle Grayskull, ..the most terrible power in the known universe, ..and of Eternia! You will pay for your defiance ..with your life ..."
"We're no longer on Eternia, Lord of Demons!" the half-naked man-god groaned, digging his steel-hard fingers into a massive, stone block. Though it was many times his size, with a grunt, the Vulnarian raised it high above his head. "You have no power here! This battle is over!"
Arms thick and cabled with muscle pitched the grayish-green rock forward!
Icy blue eyes, swollen and narrow with rage, saw the would-be king of Castle Grayskull disappear beneath it ..and over the fortress's ramparts. A great flash erupted from beyond Grayskull's walls, and, for a second, space and time seemed to split apart.
Skeletor was gone. The Sword of Ancients lost with him.
At the other end of the parapet, where Point Dread joined Grayskull every twenty years, a solitary figure stirred swiftly toward them.
Over the length of the ramparts, roaring the warrior-woman's name, Sergeant Roberto Ruin-Zo ensnared his beloved Teela between lean, muscled arms, and she kissed him, brushing the dark hair from his eyes. Ambling closely behind him, Man-At-Arms, miraculously restored to life, lumbered wearily over the castle's gray stonework, followed by He-Man's faithful Battle Cat, whose name was known to only him.
From the rocky center of Castle Grayskull's colossal, triangular bailey, a great, golden structure took shape, cracking apart the stonework beneath it. Lightning crackled over its metallic surface, flashing upwards and into the sky like the tentacles of some savage, ocean-born behemoth! An eerie calm pervaded the bailey and the skies over castle Grayskull, ..and the legendary pyramid stood, where the masters of the world once guided Eternia's destiny.
"The Hall of Wisdom, He-Man?" marveled He-Man's large, armored tiger, looking on in amazement. "Not since the death of your Vulnarian kinsmen, have I set eyes upon it. By all that is wild, what've you done?"
Humbly, He-Man knelt before it, and a voice echoed from where the pyramid had risen. Alone, in the terrific, scaled skull and hide of a hooded dragon, the Mighty Teela stepped forward - the silvery Sword of Ancients held out before her.
Into wide and grateful hands, did He-Man reclaim his weapon. "Sorceress, Friend of Man, once again you have honored our faith the Ancients. Though I saw this weapon lost to us with my own eyes, I never believed it beyond your reach, ..even in the fiery maws of Oblivion. On behalf of all mortalkind, you have my thanks."
Skeletor will find a great weapon drifting just beyond that dread realm, and he will set it loose in the world of men, upon his return... Many will die, and Eternia will never be the same... You will dwell here with the Ancients, in the Hall of Wisdom for a time, He-Man, ..to prepare for the destruction to come... The Ancients have spoken!
"No!" Teela protested, rising to stand. She was Man-At-Arms' daughter in spirit, if not blood, and such was her courage that she dared challenge the Ancients. Though she found both Duncan and Sergeant Ruin-Zo at her sides, she would have gladly stood alone. For this golden-haired Vulnarian, she would have stared down all the devils of Oblivion. "Though, I've chosen another, we are kindred, He-Man. You belong with us ..in the world of men."
The bronze giant kissed Teela softly, and a cautious look passed between himself and Sergeant Ruin-Zo. "It is the will of the Ancients, Teela. Good journey. May the Ancients bless you and Ruin-Zo with many fit and handsome sons."
The Sorceress cast a stern glare down into the faces of her mortal charges ..and raised her golden Rod of Order. An eerie, green radiance flared from her staff, and the heroes of Eternos were turned most fearfully from it.
Come, He-Man of Grayskull... Come and prepare for war!
Before the eyes of the assembled warriors and beyond the craggy castle walls, the bleak, barren, but familiar moors of Eternia could be seen once more. Souls soared to find Grayskull returned to Eternia, but, there was also regret. A bright light appeared before them, and followed by his faithful tiger, He-Man of Grayskull disappeared into it.
And Captain Teela collapsed sobbing in her father's arms.
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So much for green energy taking off on Wall Street.
A hefty $429 million initial public offering from oil refinery operator PBF Energy Inc. is moving smoothly toward its expected stock market debut on Thursday. It'll trade under the symbol PBF on the New York Stock Exchange.
The IPO of 16.5 million shares at an estimated range of $25 to $27 a share "appears to be on solid footing," said analyst Scott Sweet of IPO Boutique.
The IPO comes after Phillips 66 , the refinery spin-off from ConocoPhillips, has risen to more than $50 a share from the low $30s when it debuted in the spring.
Meanwhile, solar panel installer Solar City cut the estimated price of its IPO to $8 a share, from its earlier range of $13-$15 a share.
Sweet noted earlier this week that SolarCity's earlier valuation appeared to be too rich compared to its peers.
To be sure, SolarCity's business has been growing at a quick pace, while the refining business in the U.S. faces challenges tied to a slow economy and wider use of gas-sipping cars.
While SolarCity has the backing of PayPal and Tesla Motors magnate Elon Musk as its chairman, PBF was formed by two of the most powerful private equity firms around, Blackstone Group and First Reserve Management.
Both deals offer investors access to the energy business, but at two different sides of the spectrum. Wall Street seems to prefer PBF at the moment, however.
-- Steve Gelsi
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I had this well-thought out screed about how the first round was about as scintillating as a Mennonite snuff film. I had to tear it up and deposit it in a UNICEF box.
Sure, a couple of 16 seeds threatened to upend the titanium-refined axiom of the tournament, which is No. 1 seeds never lose in the tournament. Morehead State had a good first half, and East Tennessee State had a swell first 35 minutes, then reality kicked in for those small schools.
Oklahoma State made what I guess one might call a buzzer-beater, beating Tennessee in the final few seconds. Then there were exponentially impressive upsets, courtesy of Dayton and Arizona. Then once the clock struck 9:30, it became insane.
MICHIGAN STATE BEAT ROBERT MOR... wait.
Cleveland State absolutely de-pantsed Wake Forest, and life was fun. But then the Big Ten, tired of me filling out bingo cards that the announcers were going to slam the Garrison Keillor-caliber boredom that permeated their conference play, decided to have two teams play in wacky overtime games. Siena took two overtimes for Ronald Moore's 3-point shot to crack the Ohio State Nuts. Then 12-seeded Wisconsin —- whom CBS cut away from AS THE FINAL SHOT IN REGULATION WAS IN MID-AIR (no doubt you'll hear more about that tomorrow) — threw some sanctions of their own on Florida State, vanquishing them in OT.
While we catch our breath, crumple up our brackets, and put down the smoking pistol, it's now time to sincerely thank every one of the 32 humanoids that braved the notorious Gawker publishing system and typed away in a most marvelous fashion. It was a privilege to be a part of the project. There will be no live blogs until the Final Four, which should give me enough time to stop having nightmares that blue-haired ladies playing bingo rip my pants off and do ungodly things to my special purpose.
You ought to be in gentle hands with Pete and Spud this weekend. They both have excellent moisturizer.


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Academic Transcript To procure, according to rtqw, "once you're signed up to LSDAS you can print out a form with your name and other information. You sign that form and then ask your school's registar's office to send a copy of your transcript along with that signed form to LSAC for processing." According to ....., however, "sending actual transcripts would be silly. lsac sends copies with your summary report--schools will know what classes you took." SO WHICH ONE IS IT? TELL US!


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FOR MORE THAN 75 YEARS, toll-takers on the Golden Gate Bridge have been the human face of the world-renowned landmark.
On Tuesday at midnight, the last motorist will hand $6 to the last toll-taker and the traditional exchange will then be handled by electronics, scanners, cameras and billing machines.
Many of the district's toll-takers have built a following for their cheerful greetings and the helping hand they have extended to motorists.
Many of the district's toll-takers have provided a warm greeting, even when confined to their tiny tollbooth during cold and fog-cloaked pre-dawn hours.
Probably, over the years, more Marin residents have had regular, albeit brief, contact with the bridge's toll-takers than their representatives on the bridge board or the bridge's top staff.
The switch to electronic toll-taking is a bittersweet sign of the times. The district expects to save an estimated $2 million per year, but many toll-paying motorists are going to miss the personal exchange.
Most of the bridge's business has been electronic for years. During the morning commute, 86 percent of motorists already breeze through the toll plaza thanks to their FasTrak transponders.
As FasTrak has grown in popularity, the handwriting on the wall has become clearer. It is clear to bridge officials that the transition to all-electronic tolls has come.
Bridge officials say electronic toll-taking is cheaper than employing toll-takers with their salaries, benefits and pensions.
The transaction with toll-takers usually lasts only a few seconds, but motorists have their favorites and memories.
"Sometimes, we're the only ones that smile at them, say 'Hi,' and remember people's names and birthdays," says toll-taker Jacquie Dean.
Over the years, Golden Gate Bridge officials have long boasted about having the nicest and most personable toll-takers in the Bay Area. They've had good reason to brag.
But the district also has been faced with difficult financial challenges, in part due to a downturn in the number of daily commuters driving across the span. The switch became a financial necessity, officials say.
Golden Gate's toll-takers deal with people of all walks of life, new drivers and older motorists, wealthy and broke, friendly and cranky, and rushed and leisurely. For years, they've been the everyday ambassadors for the bridge, fitting in a smile and a greeting into the required precision of their jobs, collecting tolls from 110,000 passing motorists daily.
Toll-taker Dean says, "We love (our customers), and we're really going to miss them."
After having been on the job, around the clock, for more than 75 years, the Golden Gate Bridge's toll-takers will be missed, as well.


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April 25, 2000
Santa Barbara, Calif. -
The University of Southern California Trojans used two runs in the first inning, three in the second and a single run in the third on their way to a 9-3 victory over UC Santa Barbara at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium on Tuesday.
The Gauchos, who were coming off of a sweep of Long Beach State, could not keep the momentum. Senior lefty Troy Kinto got the start on the mound, but he was unable to get out of the second inning. In the opening frame, shortstop Seth Davidson led off with a single. First baseman Josh Persell then lined a double to right center with Davidson stopping at third. Third baseman Justin Gemoll hit a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Davidson with the first run of the game and moving Persell to third. Catcher Beau Craig singled to left, scoring Persell. Second baseman Anthony Lunetta then walked to put runners at first and second, but the Trojans could not bring anyone else home.
In the USC second inning, left fielder Abel Montanez walked to lead things off and was followed by center fielder Brian Barre who singled to left. The runners then moved up on a sacrifice by Davidson and scored on a single by Persell. At that point, the Gauchos brought Bing Cain in to replace Kinto and he was welcomed by Gemoll who lined a single to left center with Persell advancing to third. After Craig struck out looking, Cain balked the third run of the inning home giving the Trojans a 5-0 lead.
Designated hitter Mark Prior led things off in the third inning with a solo home run, making the score 6-0.
The Gauchos scored all of their runs in the fourth inning. First baseman Tyler Von Schell led off with a single and one-out later, third baseman Jon Stephens, playing in place of Dave Molidor who sat out with a stiff back, was safe on an error by Gemoll. After catcher Donovan Warrecker hit a flyball out, center fielder R.J. Smith hit a towering home run to left center field, his second bomb in as many games and his third of the campaign.
USC scored three more runs, one each in the fifth, the seventh (on a solo home run by Lunetta) and in the ninth.
Kinto was tagged with the loss and is now 2-2. USC's Ronald Flores recorded the win by going eight innings and allowing no earned runs, he is now 3-1. UCSB returns to action this weekend for three game series at Cal State Fullerton. The Gauchos will not return home until Friday, May 12 when they open their final home series of the season, a three-gamer against Sacramento State.


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Thai Panang Curry with Beef – an authentic Panang curry is fried in thick coconut cream as opposed to boiling, as in the Red curries, providing a thick, creamy, soup-like gravy.
When I requested my friends at TX Bar Organics, North Cal for their most suitable cuts of organic grass fed beef to showcase my Thai beef Panang curry post, they instantly delivered several choices, all beautifully vacuumed-packed in an ice box, and distinctively labeled.
After careful deliberation, I decided on chuck roast (click on the picture gallery above), which by the way is excellent not just for Panang curry, but any braising recipe as well.
Coming in close was a tender juicy piece of top sirloin, which I can't wait to share with you in my next beef recipe post.
The name of the curry – Panang/Phanaeng, originates from my hometown, the beautiful island of Penang on the west coast of Malaysia.
Spices commonly used in Malaysian curries (coriander and cumin) are shared in this Thai curry, along with other aromatic herbs (kaffir lime leaves, lemongrass, galangal, etc.).
An authentic Panang curry is fried in thick coconut cream as opposed to boiling, as in the Red curries, providing a thick, creamy, soup-like gravy.
And in most Thai restaurants, beef is the most famous choice, best suited for a Panang curry.
Because of its bursting savory spice ingredients, with a touch of roasted peanuts and cilantro roots, this is usually the more popular version than the regular Thai curries (Green, Yellow, Red, Massaman).
Aside from that, this is also one of the creamier, rich and mild spicy curry which is easier to take on with a bowl hot steamed Jasmine rice.
The last time I cook Panang was with chicken, and I kept it simple using a can of off-the-shelf Panang curry paste.
So, what better way to showcase this delightful fresh organic grass fed beef with some good home-made Panang curry paste?
If you enjoy making some good old-fashion curry paste, like I did with my usual suspect, ie. Rendang with beef, making Panang curry from scratch is most certainly very easy, a definite must-try to your perfect Panang curry beef.
By the way, I am excited to inform everyone on an upcoming organic grass fed beef giveaway sponsored by my good friends at TX Bar Organics.
Thai Panang Curry with Beef Recipe Recipe (Kaeng Phanaeng Neua)
Thai Panang Curry with Beef - an authentic Panang curry is fried in thick coconut cream as opposed to boiling, as in the Red curries, providing a thick, creamy, soup-like gravy.
- 1 lb beef, sliced into about 1/4-inch thick (I use chuck roast here)
- 5 tablespoons oil
- 3 kaffir lime leaves, thinly shredded
- 16 oz coconut cream or coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon palm sugar or sugar
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- salt and sugar to taste
Panang Curry Spice Paste:
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 1/2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2- inch galangal, chopped
- 1 lemongrass, use white part only, cut into 2-inch length
- 1 tablespoon cilantro stems or roots
- 2 shallots
- 2 clove garlic
- 1 1/2 tablespoons red-skin roasted peanuts
- 1 teaspoon shrimp paste/ Belacan
Blend all the Spice ingredients into a smooth paste.
Heat up oil in a wok, stir-fry kaffir lime leaves for 30 seconds. Mix in the Spice paste and continue to stir-fry for 1-2 minutes, or until fragrant. Turn the heat to medium and continue stir-frying until the oil slightly separates.
Add the beef in and cook for 2 minutes.
Mix in the coconut cream and give it a quick fry for 1-2 minutes. Add in the palm sugar, fish sauce, stir well and cover the wok.
Turn the heat down to medium-low and simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until the meat is thoroughly cooked, tender enough to your liking. Salt or fish sauce, and sugar to taste. Add some water if you prefer it saucier than a gravy-soup-like texture, or when it appears bit dry. Dish up and serve with hot steamed Jasmine rice.
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LYNWOOD – With more than 250 fans in the outdoor square at the Plaza Mexico on Friday morning, not even more bad World Cup officiating could put a damper on Mexico's 1-0 victory over Cameroon for a crowd hungry to cheer on their favorite team.
The plaza set up two huge screens for World Cup viewing and the turnout was impressive for a 9 a.m. kickoff. Most of the fans wore green Mexico jerseys with extra flavor courtesy of a drummer and those who brought huge Mexican flags to the party.
"We've been waiting a long time for this,'' said Javier Aguirre of South Gate. "We weren't going to miss it and wanted to be with a large group.''
Businesses also set up booths in the plaza and a bank gave out free T-shirts as the World Cup looks to be good for bringing customers to the shopping center, especially when Mexico plays.
The mood was festive throughout, overcoming referee Wilmar Roldán, and his Colombian linesmen, who improperly denied Mexico two first-half goals. The disappointment over the would-be goals finally disappeared in the 61st minute, when Oribe Peralta scored on a rebound from a shot by Giovanni Dos Santos.
Peralta's goal sparked a wild celebration as the plaza erupted for the first time. The next big cheer came when fan favorite Javier "Chicharito'' Hernandez was sent on in the 73rd minute. Things got tense as the game neared its conclusion and there were audible gasps when Mexico goal keeper Francisco Ochoa saved a header in the 90th minute.
As Roldán blew the final whistle, the celebration started in earnest, along with chants of "Mexico, Mexico, Mexico.''
"Thank goodness they won,'' Maria Soto of Lynwood said. "My family is happy now.''


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Inevitably this holiday season, my mom will tick through her shopping list and say with a sigh, "Your dad wants a book." Since I was a kid, my mom has teased my dad about the predictablity of this ritual, which usually involves the purchase of a brick-sized tome of history. I love shopping for my dad. I don't buy what he asks for; I go with books I suspect he'll like. Bill Buford's "Heat," a memoir about Italian cooking, was an unexpected hit. The next year, I bought him a cookbook.
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ANCHORAGE - The University of Alaska Anchorage has unveiled the fields for the 2012 Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, UAA athletic director Dr. Steve Cobb announced Thursday.
Along with host Alaska Anchorage, women's teams from Prairie View A&M and Utah State, and men's teams from Belmont, Charlotte, Loyola Marymount, Northeastern, Oral Roberts, Texas State and UC Riverside will appear at Sullivan Arena for the 35th annual college basketball tournament. Another team will be announced to finalize the women's field, said Dr. Cobb.
This year's tourney is scheduled for Nov. 20-24, opening with women's first-round action on Tuesday night and concluding with the men's championship on Saturday.
First-round matchups have been set for the men's tournament, commencing with Northeastern vs. UC Riverside and Belmont vs. UAA on Wednesday night, followed by Oral Roberts-Loyola Marymount and Charlotte-Texas State on Thanksgiving.
Six of the 11 announced teams went to postseason play this March, including NCAA Tournament trips for the UAA and Belmont men and the UAA and Prairie View women. Loyola Marymount (2006) and Northeastern (1986) are both former Shootout runners-up on the men's side, while LMU and Texas State and Utah State will be making their third respective appearances.
The Shootout is the longest-running regular-season college basketball tournament in the nation, taking place every Thanksgiving in Anchorage since 1978.
Here is a quick look at the 2012 fields:
Alaska Anchorage
Nickname: Seawolves
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Conference: Great Northwest Athletic (GNAC)
2011-12 Overall/Conf. Record (Place): 30-5 overall, 16-2 GNAC (1st)
2012 Postseason: NCAA Elite Eight (Div. II)
Head Coach: Tim Moser, 7th season
Previous Shootout Appearances (Titles): All (1990, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Prairie View A&M
Nickname: Panthers
Location: Prairie View, Texas
Conference: Southwestern Athletic (SWAC)
2001-12 Overall/Conf. Record (Place): 17-16/11-7 (t-4th)
2012 Postseason: NCAA 1st Round
Head Coach: Toyelle Wilson, 3rd season
Previous Shootout Appearances: None
Utah State
Nickname: Aggies
Location: Logan, Utah
Conference: Western Athletic Conference
2011-12 Overall/Conf. Record (Place): 21-10/11-3 (2nd)
2012 Postseason: WNIT 1st Round
Head Coach: TBA
Previous Shootout Appearances: 1982 (5th), 1986 (8th)
Final Team Women's Team TBA
Alaska Anchorage
Nickname: Seawolves
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Conference: Great Northwest Athletic (GNAC)
2011-12 Overall/Conf. Record (Place): 23-7/15-3 (2nd)
2012 Postseason: NCAA 2nd Round (Div. II)
Head Coach: Rusty Osborne, 9th season
Previous Shootout Appearances: All (33-69)
UC Riverside
Nickname: Highlanders
Location: Riverside, Calif.
Conference: Big West
2011-12 Overall/Conf. Record (Place): 14-17/7-9 (t-5th)
2012 Postseason: None
Head Coach: Jim Wooldridge, 6th season
Previous Shootout Appearances: None
Nickname: Bruins
Location: Nashville, Tenn.
Conference (in 2012-13): Ohio Valley
2011-12 Overall/Conf. Record (Place): 27-8/16-2 (1st, Atlantic-Sun)
2012 Postseason: NCAA 2nd Round
Head Coach: Rick Byrd, 27th season
Previous Shootout Appearances: None
Nickname: 49ers
Location: Charlotte, N.C.
Conference: Atlantic-10
2011-12 Overall/Conf. Record (Place): 13-17/5-11 (t-11th)
2012 Postseason: None
Head Coach: Alan Major, 3rd season
Previous Shootout Appearances: None
Loyola Marymount
Nickname: Lions
Location: Los Angeles, Calif.
Conference: West Coast (WCC)
2011-12 Overall/Conf. Record (Place): 21-13/11-5 (4th)
2012 Postseason: CollegeInsider.com Quarterfinals
Head Coach: Max Good, 5th season
Previous Shootout Appearances: 2002 (6th), 2006 (2nd)
Nickname: Huskies
Location: Boston, Mass.
Conference: Colonial Athletic Association
2011-12 Overall/Conf. Record (Place): 14-17/9-9 (7th)
2012 Postseason: None
Head Coach: Bill Coen, 7th season
Previous Shootout Appearances: 1986 (2nd)
Oral Roberts
Nickname: Golden Eagles
Location: Tulsa, Okla.
Conference: Summit League
2011-12 Overall/Conf. Record (Place): 27-7/17-1 (1st)
2012 Postseason: NIT 1st Round
Head Coach: Scott Sutton, 13th season
Previous Shootout Appearances: 2005 (3rd)
Texas State
Nickname: Bobcats
Location: San Marcos, Texas
Conference: Western Athletic (WAC)
2011-12 Overall/Conf. Record (Place): 13-17/5-11 (5th, Southland West)
2012 Postseason: None
Head Coach: Doug Davalos, 7th season
Previous Shootout Appearances: 1987 (7th), 2003 (8th)
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Wednesday, Nov. 21 - First Round
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Data from the ROMICAT (Rule Out Myocardial Infarction Using Computer Assisted Tomography) trial show that cardiac CT has prognostic value, particularly in those at low to intermediate risk of acute coronary syndrome, according to Christopher L Schlett of Massachusetts General Hospital and colleagues in a paper in the May 2011 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging.
"We found that if you have no CAD [coronary artery disease] by CCTA [cardiac CT angiography], you have 0% chance of having a major adverse cardiovascular event for at least two years; your prognosis is excellent," said senior author Quynh A Truong, MD.
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Retailers Chase Energy Efficiency for a Competitive Edge
When it comes to energy efficiency, retailers are on a roll. Convenience store chain Wawa announced last year that it saves over $1 million a year in energy costs thanks to an LED lighting retrofit. Nationwide department store Kohl's saved $50 million in energy costs over four years and has continued to improve its energy performance with lighting and energy management systems upgrades. As a result, Kohl's claims, "we have one of the lowest energy usages per square foot in the retail industry."
Walgreens, the country's largest drugstore chain, recently completed lighting retrofits at 80% of its locations nationwide. The company said this change not only saves money, but also improves the customer experience: "Colors appear more vibrant and more like they would in daylight, so customers don't need to second guess themselves in the cosmetics aisle."
For retailers like these, energy efficiency offers an edge over their competitors. It's about the bottom line, pure and simple.


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Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 / American ornithology, or, The natural history of birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson : with figures drawn, engraved, and coloured, from nature
Vol. I (1825)
Band-tailed pigeon. Columba fasciata. Plate VIII. Fig. 3, pp. 77-78 ff.
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Quote from: mswood on February 20, 2011, 08:01:02 PMAnd no mention of the Uturn....Blah.Never expected the show to end with the Cowboys not checked in. I thought the episode would end with Gary and Mallory leaving the TBC point.
The Cowboys are in vacation mode...
Quote from: The Prophet on February 20, 2011, 08:06:17 PMThe Cowboys are in vacation mode...it's Franz....
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Re watching it. I love this turtle
Looks that way.
I also wonder if Z/J hadn't given the Trotters that clue...if they would have been there longer than Jet?
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BLUM AUSTRALIA recently hosted the Austrian Consul General and trade commissioner Guido Stock at the new Blum Australia head office in Hoxton Park, NSW.
Guido Stock said he gained a much better understanding of how the Australian company operates and was proud that Blum Australia was a daughter company of an Austrian enterprise.
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Lookie who got their "Tech" license last weekend!
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'Monsters' majors in scares but excels in laughs
It says something about the summer movie season when the film starring the giant eyeball and blue-and-pink yeti offers a more complex character study than any of the buddy comedies or superhero dramas.
"Monsters University" is Pixar's first attempt at a prequel, and it delivers plenty of laughs, plus a few thoughtful moments. "Monsters, Inc." loyalists won't feel betrayed, even with a new director. This isn't the Emeryville studio's most thematically ambitious effort, but they can't all be post-apocalyptic critiques of consumerism and fascism allegories like "WALL-E" and "Toy Story 3."
It's a credit to Pixar films that most could work as stage plays. "Madagascar 3" and "Epic" aren't bad movies, but they operate at an overly caffeinated pace, transfixing small children while numbing more discriminating minds. "Monsters University," even in its silliest scenes, is filmed by live-action rules. You can appreciate the work of the cinematographer and film editor. Comedic moments are given time to build. There are unexpected story turns.
"Monsters, Inc." was arguably Pixar's most underrated film, with a beating heart underneath all the fur and tentacles and sight jokes. Original "Monsters" director Pete Docter is working on another project, so longtime Pixar story artist Dan Scanlon takes over - presumably after watching "Animal House" and "Revenge of the Nerds" a few hundred times each.
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Rated G
Running time: 110 minutes
Parents whose children watch "Monsters, Inc." three times per week will remember that walking eye socket Mike and furry beast Sully became best friends in fourth grade. Forget that - they actually met in college. Our setting is idyllic Monsters University, where the competitive School of Scaring houses the elite students, whose ability to elicit screams from children will one day power the monster world.
Yes, "Monsters University" has Greek games and underdogs competing with an alpha fraternity, but this movie owes just as much to "The Paper Chase." Animation, monsters and the Socratic method? Scanlon and the crew make it work.
Mike has overachieved with work ethic, and Sully is a legacy who coasts on natural talent. They begin as rivals, but fate is cruel, and they must help each other. Mike and Sully join a motley fraternity of misfit creatures, most pleasingly a furry "Muppet Show" tribute named Art, whose New Age platitudes are voiced by Charlie Day.
What looks to be a paint-by-numbers endeavor is actually a pretty big juggling act. Scanlon and the writers must retain the spirit of the original movie, successfully lampoon two genres and somehow insert the expected emotional climax that viewers have come to expect from Pixar movies.
That climax includes an abrupt detour that seems misguided, despite one great payoff scene. It's a noble effort - cheers to Pixar for offering young viewers some hard truths among the movie's lessons. But the side trip, which includes introspective soliloquies for both leads, swells the movie to 110 minutes and nearly derails the third act.
The ending is satisfying, like everything else boosted by the most photorealistic animation we've seen in a feature film. "Brave" was the movie that introduced Pixar's new animation software, but "Monsters University" seems like an even bigger visual leap.


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The Dallas Mavericks were the winners for the services of Elton Brand Friday, claiming the 33-year-old forward off of amnesty waivers for $2.1 million. Getting Brand continues a strong comeback for the Mavericks after losing out on Deron Williams and Steve Nash at the start of the free agency negotiating period.
Brand wanted to go to Dallas, a source told NBA.com Wednesday. And he got his wish, giving the Mavericks a big who has never scored less than double figures or averaged fewer than 6.1 rebounds per year in his 13-year NBA career. He will back up Dirk Nowitzki and Chris Kaman at the center and power forward spots, but Brand is most interested in showing that he can still be a major contributor to a good team.
Last season, Brand averaged 11 points and 7.2 rebounds for Philadelphia in the regular season. Those numbers went down in the playoffs, but Brand was dealing with a neck injury that limited his range and effectiveness.
In Dallas, he'll re-team with former Clippers teammate Chris Kaman, whom the Mavericks signed to a one-year deal Wednesday. The Mavericks also traded for guard Darren Collison and swingman Dahntay Jones in a deal with the Pacers for backup center Ian Mahinmi.
"It was his number one choice," said Brand's agent, David Falk. "I can't say I'm thrilled with the amnesty process, but I'm just glad he is on a team with a great coach. The chance to play with Nowtizki is special. And he and Kaman had a good run in L.A. Plus it gives us some flexibility if he has a good season."
The Philadelphia 76ers, who amnestied Brand on Wednesday, will have to pay $16 million of the $18.1 million Brand was due this season, with the Mavericks paying the $2.1 million they bid for him. Brand was amnestied so that the Sixers could make several moves, including signing free agent guard Nick Young and acquiring small forward Dorell Wright from the Warriors in a three-team deal.
A source said Friday that the Mavericks have not yet decided whether to make an amnesty bid for former Rockets forward Luis Scola, who was officially waived under the amnesty provision Friday by the Houston Rockets, as that team tries to clear additional cap room to make a push via trade for Magic star center Dwight Howard. The source said that the Mavericks want to see if other prominent players are waived via the amnesty process.
Teams that want to bid on Scola have to bid at least $3.3 million for the 2012-13 season, and will have to pay him $10 million over three years under the amnesty rules–the non-guaranteed part of the final year of Scola's contract with the Rockets. Houston will have to pay Scola the $20.6 million he's guaranteed for 2012-13 and 2013-14. The $20.6 million also includes $1 million that Scola is guaranteed in the final year of his contract, 2014-15.
Under league rules, Scola officially went on waivers at 5 p.m. Friday. Teams have 48 hours, or until 5 p.m. Sunday, to bid on his services. Eligible teams have to be under the salary cap to make a bid, though teams that don't have enough cap space are allowed to waive players on their roster with non-guaranteed deals for the season in question to clear additional room. Teams cannot make trades to create additional room.


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Vikings Upset 49ers 24-13
The Vikings improved to 2-1 Sunday with a stunning 24-13 win at home against the previously San Francisco 49ers. Minnesota jumped out to a 17-3 haltime lead and never trailed. Christian Ponder threw for 198 yards and 2 touchdowns and had a 23-yard touchdown run for the Vikings. Adrian Peterson ran for 86 yards on 25 carries and had 2 catches for 21 yards.
Percy Harvin led the Viking receivers with 9 catches for 89 yards and Kyle Rudolph had 2 touchdown receptions. The Vikings forced the 49ers into 3 turnovers. The Vikings outgained the 49ers 344 yards to 280.
Minnesota is tied atop the NFC North with Chicago. Detroit is 1-2 after losing in overtime at Tennessee. The Vikings play at Detroit Sunday at noon, pregame on WJON at 11am.


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It seems strange that the music on this CD was not released initially until 1980. Trumpeter Lee Morgan had had an unexpected hit with "The Sidewinder," so his more challenging recordings were temporarily put aside. As it turns out, this was one of Morgan's better sets from the 1960s and he had gathered together quite an all-star cast: altoist Jackie McLean, trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and drummer Art Blakey. They perform "Rigormortis," McCoy Tyner's "Twilight Mist," and three of the trumpeter's originals, including the title cut. The advanced hard bop music still sounds fresh decades later despite its initial neglect. ~ Scott Yanow


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There was a bit of a stir today around a British scientist, Dr. Mark Gasson. In the BBC article Dr. Gasson was touted as the "First Human 'Infected With a Computer Virus'". I let this one stew around for a few seconds and I have to say that this isn't what it's cracked up to
There was a bit of a stir today around a British scientist, Dr. Mark Gasson. In the BBC article Dr. Gasson was touted as the "First Human 'Infected With a Computer Virus'". I let this one stew around for a few seconds and I have to say that this isn't what it's cracked up to be – it's more like "Bytes of Malware Sample Stored in RFID Chip Memory".
Let's decompose this into its basic parts so that everyone understands what this news really means. RFID (Radio Frequency ID) is exactly what its name implies – namely, it is a system where you have the following:
- intelligent system to take action on IDs obtained from RFID chips (PC, embedded processor, etc)
- RFID reader
- antenna
- transponder (chip)
Here's a quick-and-dirty "RFID 101". RFID chips may be passive or active. Passive chips become energized at set frequencies when they are within the range of the antenna. The range varies with the frequency that the chip is attuned to. Active chips are battery-powered and can transmit at farther distances (think of toll passes). Once a chip is read, the stream of data is received and matched against a database of stored IDs. Once a match is made some action is taken – i.e. deduct money from the account for toll passes, open doors, deduct an item from inventory, et cetera.
The bottom line is that you can store the raw bytes of a small executable as hex values in the RFID chip – and you can do the same thing in notepad. The real fact is that you cannot simply copy those bytes out of the RFID reader, into the PC and run them as an executable program on any control system.
Here's a snippet of the raw hex dump of a "Hello World" application that I just compiled under Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I would have to write the raw bytes into the memory of the chip, read them back on another system and attempt to reconstruct them into a running "hello world" application all over again.
If a picture says a thousand words, then the below video (from BBC World News) will most-likely have you walking away with more questions than answers.
(In case you were wondering, the transponder shown in the video is passive)
As a former developer of RFID systems, I've had my share of reading and writing to various chips and decoding the embedded data. You would have to literally create a new system to take advantage of the store bytes of malcode being carried around in the transponders. I still have quite a bit of RFID equipment in my research lab – maybe I'll wedge a transponder onto my
Actually, If you walked around with a small lithium battery powering a Bluetooth radio (or Wi-Fi) with an embedded processor (such as a gumstix) and transmitted malware to whatever system you connected to – it would be much more effective. Also, the malware wasn't integrated into his biological system, it's code had to reside on another system in order for this to work. It was that system, implanted into his body, not any organ or tissue in his body, that provided the platform to transport the malcode.
More devices (including implantable ones) are sporting embedded processors, communications channels and data storage (even the storage of small amounts of data is enough for someone to "poison the well"). I recall at DefCon 2008 researchers discussed the vulnerabilities associated with remotely disabling pacemakers. A colleague and Security researcher, Gadi Everon, addressed this topic in a 2007 Wired article entitled, "Will the Bionic Man Have Virus Protection?"
While the importance of the implications should not be ignored, the story was a little over the top. Regardless, this is going to touch more areas of our world, personal and otherwise, as we hurtle toward "The Internet of Things".
Jeff Debrosse
Sr. Research Director
p.s. This reminds me of the bad, but interesting movie "Johnny Mnemonic." where cybernetically-enhanced humans were data "couriers".


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from section 3 of the book: Breaking out of Babylon.
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Jennifer Hudson of "Smash"
The Chicago native is listed as a guest star for Season 2 of NBC's "Smash," but as Broadway star Veronica Moore, she's featured prominently enough that I'm including her in our gallery. Hudson, who won an Academy Award for her role in the 2006 film "Dreamgirls," grew up on the South Side and graduated from Dunbar Vocational High School. She was a finalist in the third season of "American Idol."
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