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Just a bunch of fairly useful things
- Download and install Minecraft Forge
- Download Extra Utilities Mod
- Put Extra Utilities Mod zip file into your /.minecraft/mods folder. Do not unzip it.
- Done
Angel Block
This block is your best friend when working in the sky in creative mode or in water far from land, since this block does not need a solid surface to be placed. Just right-click the air and the block will appear in front of you. Then when you left-click the block to break it, it will break instantly and will automatically enter your inventory (survival mode only).
Blackout Curtains
These dark curtains allow you to keep that pesky light out certain areas without closing them off entirely. Blackout curtains will reduce light by approximately half its maximum and can be passed through easily.
Note: While the recipe shows black wool being used, you can use any color you wish.
Block Update Detector
This block replicates the standard vanilla BUD in one block. If an adjacent block is updated the BUD will send out a one tick redstone pulse and then go inactive for three ticks to allow the redstone time to calm down. Adjacent BUDs will not trigger each other.
Have you ever wanted more ways to show off your fabolous wealth and oppulance? Well here's a diamond-gold chandelier that you can hang from the ceiling. It gives off slightly more light than a regular torch or glowstone and serves as a constant reminder to the riff-raff who's the boss (Hint it's you).
Colored Bricks / Colored Wood Planks
n.b. see items section for paintbrush recipe
This adds 16 colored versions of regular bricks and planks to the game with the added benefit that you can change the color palette within a chunk. This is slightly complicated to explain so here's an example. If you right click on a red colored brick with some cactus green, it will become a slightly greenish red brick and all other red colored bricks in the local 16×16 chunk will change as well. Just try it out and you'll see what I mean.
The reason i've done it this way is to save server bandwidth, it's basically the difference between building a 10000 block castle out of bricks and building a 10000 block castle out of furnaces. Since furnaces have added data and are processed every tick it will create a lot more lag.
You can also use dyed leather armor on blocks to get a specific color, a vanilla water bottle to reset the color to its default and the paintbrush which is detailed in the Items section.
This process is still slightly buggy and may require a block update to register color changes. Changing the render distance should also help.
Compressed Cobblestone
Do you have chests upon chests of cobblestone lying around that you wish you could store in a couple of items – well now you can.Put 9 cobblestone in a crafting table to create compressed cobblestone
Put 9 compressed cobblestone in a crafting table to create double compressed cobblestone!
Put 9 double compressed cobblestone in a crafting table to create triple compressed cobblestone!!
Put 9 triple compressed cobblestone in a crafting table to create quadruple compressed cobblestone!!!
And so on up to octuple compressed cobblestone.
Conveyer Belt
Designed for mob traps, these specially crafted conveyers will move mobs and their drops around quickly and efficiently. The conveyor is smart and will try to keep items/mobs centred and will also try to move items up to higher levels if needed.
– Sneak while standing on a conveyor to avoid being pushed around.
Cursed Earth
Cursed earth is not craftable but can be obtained through a secret method.
(Actual spoiler) Secret method
Cursed Earth is created during the 'Activation Ritual' – see Division Sigil
When this block is a dark area, it will spawn mobs at a much faster rate and with no regard to the player's proximity, it will also attempt to spread to nearby dirt and grass blocks. However, when light shines upon it, it will cease spawning mobs and will very quickly return to regular dirt. This process is dangerous and it will damage anyone who stands on it, also the dirt will occasionally catch fire, spreading more light and destroying more cursed earth.
Cursed Earth is meant as a way of creating compact mob spawners. If the spawner gets out of control, just place one torch and it will destroy 95% of the cursed earth as well as damaging mobs standing on it.
Peaceful Table
This is for those who wish to play on peaceful difficulty but still want access to mobs drops. To use, place the table next to a chest (or any block with an inventory) that contains a sword. The peaceful table will periodically spawn a random mob, appropriate to the area, kill it instantly using the sword and then place the drops into the chest. The sword will take damage appropriate to 'number of hits' needed to kill the mob. This means the better the sword, the longer it lasts.
Note that the peaceful table will take the swords enchantments into account, so you can use enchantments like 'Sharpness' and 'Unbreaking' to extend the life of your sword and 'Looting' to increase the number of drops you get.
Sound Muffler
Do you have an annoying sheep farm filled with loud obnoxious grunting animals that you wish would just shut up. Well, heres that will reduce any sound made in an 8 block radius by 90%, enabling you to get some much needed peace and quiet.
– Only works on sounds with a location, so stuff like music from jukeboxes is not affected.
– All sounds muffled will give off a small smoke particle travelling slightly in the direction of the block that muffled it.
Sound Muffler Upgrade – Rain Muffler
This image accurately reproduces the sound of rain after placing this block.
This upgrade of the standard sound muffler will completely cancel and silence any rain drop sound effects for any player within a 64 block radius. This gives the same effect as turning off particles in the menu options.
Note: It may take a few seconds to start working as the game finishes playing any already active rain sounds.
Trading Post
For the true bargain hunter looking for the best possible deal we have the trading post. When right-clicked displays a list of all the trades available from nearby villagers. Then you can click on the trade you want to instantly bring up the villagers trading screen.
Trash Can
If your inventory is stuffed with junk that you wish to get rid of, this simple block provides a fast, efficient disposal method. Just right-click on the interface and either drag and drop items into the disposal slot or simply shift-right-click. Using this you can get rid of any and all unwanted items instantly with no fuss, and most importantly, no lag.
You can also attach pipes and hoppers to the block to automatically destroy items.
Pipe Transfer System
A new pipe system that uses the vanilla hopper mechanics. These pipes are not very fast (moving only 1 item per second on average) but what they lack in speed they make up for in reliability (and server friendliness).Transfer Node
The transfer nodes are what do all the work, they will pull items from the connected inventory and place it in an internal buffer, that holds one stack. They then 'scan' the pipe system for suitable inventories and will place the items in the nearest inventories that will accept them. If the node hits a dead end or the buffer is empty, the node resets.
– The nodes give no indication if they are running or not, in order to help reduce server lag.
– Transfer nodes act as pipes themselves so items can travel through them but they will not allow items to be placed in their internal buffer or the block they are placed on.
– Technical note : Since all the processing is done by the transfer nodes, it's the only thing that needs to be actively chunk loaded and will pass items through unloaded chunks without fuss.
Transfer Pipes
These tell your nodes where items should go. By default, nodes will attempt to insert into adjacent inventories and if unable to do so will then choose a random direction However if you right-click with a stick you can change the pipes properties. At the moment there are two modes one-way and non-inserting.
– one-way will still place items in all nearby inventories but will then go down a specific path rather that a random one. This is shown by black marks around exits that it won't travel down. It's hard to explain but it's basically the iron pipes from buildcraft.
– non-inserting will not place items in inventories. This is shown by white marks around the pipes.
Sorting Pipes
These act like regular pipes but they will only insert an item into an inventory if the item is already present inside or if the inventory is empty. This gives you a method of creating a simple cheap sorting system.
Golden Lasso
Are you frustrated by trying to lead cows and sheeps around using wheat? Right-click on any passive mob with the golden lasso and it will be magically stored inside it. Then right-click on the ground to release it. This simple tool makes moving animals a lot easier.
In addition you can place a lasso containing an animal into an anvil to give your animal a new name. The animal's name will be displayed whenever you mouseover them.
However, if you don't want to waste levels, there is an auto-naming feature – just place the lasso containing the animal into a crafting table and the animal will choose it's own name for free. Now animals don't have good taste in names so you probably won't get a good one but sometimes it might suprise you.
– the lasso will not work on despawnable mobs like squids and bats
– the lasso will not autoname villagers
Paint brush
This is needed to craft colored bricks/planks as shown in the 'New Blocks' section. Just shift-right-click on a colored block to copy it's color to the paintbrush and regular-right-click on another colored block to apply that color.
Division Sigil
This strange mystical item cannot be crafted but is found in dungeon chests. However in it's raw state it is useless to you and needs to be 'activated'. This can only be done by a ancient and strange method called the 'Activation Ritual'.
Activation RitualIf you wish to find out for yourself what is needed for the ritual, simply shift-right-click on an enchanting table and it will describe what you need to do. Just a bit of advice, you may wish to wear some armor.
(Actual spoilers) Activation Ritual
Place the enchanting table on a patch of dirt or grass. There must a clear direct line to the sky and there must also be a 'large amount' of dirt/grass nearby. Place 8 redstone dust in a square around the table (these too must on dirt/grass). Once that's done find an animal or mob (or player) to be sacrificed. The golden lasso can help make this easier. You must then wait until midnight (the sigil will glow when the time is right). You must then remove or deactivate any light sources from the area. Finally when the 'altar' is in darkness, kill the animal or mob while it is either on top of or next to the enchanting table. If the time is right the sigil will become activated but you will have to deal with consequences
(Actual spoiler) Consequences
The main use of the sigil is to unenchant your items.
When enchanted items are placed above and below the sigil, the sigil will try to remove or reduce the enchantments on the upper item by their equivelant amount on the lower item. So if you place a 'Knockback II' sword above a 'Knockback I' book, the result would be a 'Knockback I' sword.
If you place a regular unenchanted book below the sigil, it will remove one level from each enchantment on the upper item. It will also increase the damage on the sword by a quater.
Unstable Ingots
Have you ever tried to divided by diamond?
Of course not, because you're a sane and rational person who would never do something so foolhardedly dangerous. These ingots are existentially unstable and have 10 seconds before they explode in your inventory. They also explode if you leave the crafting gui or if they are thrown on the floor. Do not craft unless ready.
Now you're probably wondering why you should bother crafting these dangerous ingots well, here's what you can create with them. Unlike the ingots these tools are stable and won't explode. Just remember you have to craft them in under 10 seconds, or else boom.
Note: these are still WIP and their mechanics will almost certainly change in future versions.
Etheric Sword
Does slightly more damage than a diamond sword but part of that damage is magical and bypasses armor entirely.
Destruction Pickaxe
This pickaxe has the five times the mining speed of a diamond pickaxe but only when used on regular stone, otherwise it's slower than using your fists. Also any blocks mined will not drop items.
Erosion Shovel
Quickly mines through soft dirt substances and will eliminate sand/gravel that is above it. Like the destruction pickaxe, it will not drop any blocks.
Healing Axe
When you 'attack' a living creature, it will take some health from you and use it to heal the target, with a slight bonus. If used on undead creatures, you will still be damaged but the target will injured by four times that ammount of damage.
In addition, while the axe is equipped it slowly refills your hunger bar.
Reversing Hoe
Will regress your wheat crops back to a previous state when you right click on them, which is not useful in any way, shape or form. However, it can turn dirt blocks back into grass and cobblestone into regular stone.
Builder's Wand
And my personal favourite, the builders wand will help you to build structures faster. It's hard to explain but here goes…
When you right-click on a block it checks your inventory to see if there are blocks of the same kind adjacent to it. Then it will attempt to extend the blocks by another layer (the direction depending on which face you right-clicked on) using the blocks in your inventory (it will only place a maximum of 9 blocks at at time).
Extra Recipes for Vanilla items
These are just some helper recipes for vanilla items (they can be disable from the config).
Peaceful mode Nether star Recipe
This recipe will only work on peaceful mode. Note, the recipe will still show up in other difficulties but if you attempt to actually craft the star, it won't work.
Fast Obsidian Mining Recipe
You've mined obsidian a thousand times and you know the safe ways to do it. This recipe allows you to quickly skip the tedious mining and simply craft it in your inventory.
Two things to note, firstly this recipe only works in the player's own inventory and not in a crafting table, and second, the diamond pickaxe will not be used up in crafting but will take 5 points of damage.
Config Settings:
Like all Forge mods, Extra Utilities has a config file in /config/ folder where you can alter game options as well as block and item ids.Warning: this is an advanced feature and can lead to problems if you don't know what you are doing. If you do edit the config file and encounter a bug or crash, make sure to note any changes you made when posting it.
Now if you wish to remove a block or item, you have two options.
The first is to disable it's recipe (in the recipe section) which will prevent people from crafting it. This won't remove it from the game entirely and it can still be spawned in. However if you're playing on a server that has different settings to you then you shouldn't have to worry about it.
The second is to set the block/item id to 0. Extra Utilities will not register the block/item or any blocks/items that depend on it. Now unlike the first method, you cannot play on a server or with players, that have different config file settings. This is only recommended if you're putting together a mod pack. Also please note this is a feature I put into Extra Utilities and will NOT work with other mods.
Finally this feature is still a bit experimental and it may be liable to change in the future.
Just a bunch of fairly useful things


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Winter Warmer - Part 1
Janet Devlin
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Northern Irish singer-songwriter Janet Devlin grew up outside the village of Gortin in County Tyrone, the only girl and youngest of four in her family. She thrived on a diet of watching Kerrang! TV and taking regular bus rides to local record stores in nearby Omagh. Fuelled by a love of bands like Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers and inspired by their songwriting, hidden away in her parents' shed she taught herself to play instruments by ear and penned her own songs where nobody else could hear her sing. "I've been writing for as long as I can remember, as long as my mum remembers," Janet says. "My gran recalls me writing songs when I was five."
Desperate to learn to play the drums, when her parents refused her the money to buy her own kit she resolutely entered local singing competitions to win cash prizes and pay for her drums with the proceeds. Her musicality and determination flourished and as a consequence, the songs she posted to her YouTube channel gained an unexpected but welcome fan base who were ready to support her in the next stage of her music career. In 2011, she caught the public's attention on Series 8 of The X Factor, where she consistently received the highest consecutive public vote out of all the contestants, and gained a place on the live arena tour.
Janet's a big fan of cartoons, gaming, Netflix, poetry and horse riding. Her quirky yet shy nature has won her a huge online following of fans that call themselves… The Devlinators, what else?
Running With Scissors
Janet's debut album Running With Scissors was released in June 2014 reaching number one on the UK Indie Breakers chart. This 10-track debut is full of folk-driven pop songs and heart-touching ballads, which perfectly showcase her unique and enchanting vocals. The tracks are mostly authored by Janet and were recorded up in a staggering 6 weeks; but hidden around the corner you'll find featured co-writes with Newton Faulkner ('Creatures Of The Night' and 'Hide And Seek') and Jack Savoretti ('Delicate') nestled alongside a surprising and sensitive cover of The Cure's 'Friday I'm In Love'. Janet's other influences at the time included Imogen Heap, Turin Brakes, Adele, Mumford & Sons, Avril Lavigne, Regina Spektor and Florence & The Machine. As a result the album is full of rolling percussion, lush harmonies, string sections and acoustic guitars. There's even a hint of Jack Johnson thrown in there on the track 'Lifeboat'. Running With Scissors is a soulful, passionate album about growing up, becoming independent and dealing with a whole new range of emotions
The album was released in North America on 10 February 2015. This successful launch across the pond has led to Janet leap-frogging the Atlantic several times, touring her album across the East Coast and building on her already strong US fan base. Always keen to engage with her followers across the world, Janet's been regularly performing using the online platform StageIt. This live music streaming network means viewers get a front row seat to her shows – she'll often the take to the stage well after midnight in the UK to make sure she performs across as many time zones as possible.
EPs & Singles
After an eventful year and answering the call to so many requests from her Devlinators and YouTube subscribers, Janet slipped into the studio in early 2015 to record a covers EP entitled Duvet Daze. It's a small collection of some of her favourite artists and songs including tracks by 10cc, Duran Duran and Ed Sheeran. After a few months, she went back into the studio again to record more music and November 2015 saw the release of a festive brother to Duvet Daze.
December Daze is a Christmas-themed EP made up of an assortment of original songs and a couple of seasonal chestnuts thrown in to the merry mix. The title track was written on her first ever trip to New York, and captures the optimism and glee of the holiday season. "I'd gone for a walk in Central Park and it was covered in snow, reminding me of all the classic Christmas films that had been made there," she remembers of the experience. "Back in my hotel, I sat on the 36th floor with my guitar player, with the view of Times Square in the background, watching people with their woolly hats and oversized coats." One of the tracks, 'Happy Holidays', involves Janet playing the drums, percussion, ukulele, and glockenspiel and has a guest appearance from a choir made up of her merchandise warehouse team!
Outernet Song is Janet's catchy single released in 2016 – with her distinctive vocals and ukulele, it showcases her honest and frank lyricism to great effect, and couldn't be more timely as more and more people embark on a 'digital detox'. "This song has long history," says Janet. "I started writing it on my ukulele when I was 19. Too many mornings spent watching TV and being told how to dress, how to look, and what to eat had worn away my confidence." Janet kept the lyrics written down and found herself adding to them at various points over the last couple of years. So could Janet take the kind of social media holiday she sings about on Outernet Song? "Yes. Just a small break is a window to re-evaluate. Sometimes we just need to step outside for a little while... Do something other than waiting for notifications, emails or likes. Then come back to the magnificent world that is the Internet and see it for what it really is. A perfect place to Google videos of dogs surfing!" The track got a worthy revival at the start of 2017 when it was remixed by dance-floor maestro Jason Nevins, to industry acclaim.
Little Lights arrived in 2016, another Christmas cracker which skillfully captures a range of feelings associated with Christmas. It features a mixture of originals ('Wake Up It's Christmas', 'Merry Christmas Mum & Dad', 'Something Beginning With Christmas'), alongside timeless classics ('Merry Xmas Everybody', 'White Christmas') and is bookended by an extra track from last year's EP, which was previously only released digitally ('Christmas Kiss'). "Little Lights is a slightly darker, more mellow venture into this special time of year," says Janet. "I wanted to acknowledge that it's not always eggnog and wrapping paper, and that there are other, more contemplative emotions kindled at Christmastime."
Other Projects
Janet's creativity and output can rarely be stemmed, and this is evident by the growth of her online presence, predominantly on Facebook and YouTube. She has been busy creating regular weekly content for her subscribers while she's in writing mode. The Devlinators are enjoying being kept in the loop and are being treated to videos, poetry, covers and vlogs of Janet's recent adventures. In addition, her live online shows are continuing to happen every month, keeping fans entertained and up-to-date with the goings on in Janet Land.
Janet has recently finished filming her screen debut for Triskelle Pictures' indie film Songbird. It's a modern fairy tale written for fantasy and music lovers alike, and features two original songs written by Janet especially for the film. While writing the script, award-winning screenwriter Tommy Draper was inspired to write the part of Jennifer specifically for Janet. Upon playing the protagonist, Janet explains; "I felt a real empathy with the character – she had hurdles to conquer and difficulties to overcome, and I could draw on experience and emotion to help bring life to the individual on screen".
2017 has so far kept Janet as busy as ever! Behind the scenes she has been locked away with her lyric books and journals, which are overflowing with poems and commentaries. She's also been traveling around the country to various studios for numerous collaborations with renowned writers. Songs are being penned for her new concept album Holy Water and recording is now in full flow – watch this space.

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BPD warrant round up starts tomorrow
Beaumont police and other law enforcement entities are starting their warrant roundup tomorrow and are advising anyone in the community with outstanding warrants to pay them today or face arrest.
According to a news release from BPD, area law enforcement agencies and municipal courts are joining forces to host the warrant round-up beginning Friday, July 25. Several cities within Jefferson County are participating in this round up.
This effort targets thousands of defendants with traffic, parking, city ordinance, penal code, and higher charge warrants from around the area, BPD reports.
Prior to the round up, law enforcement agencies offered a two-week grace period. The two-week grace period allowed citizens ample time to resolve outstanding warrants. Citizens that take advantage of this grace period avoid the additional costs, inconvenience, and embarrassment of arrest during the enforcement phase, which begins tomorrow, Friday, July 25 at 5:00 p.m.
Once the enforcement phase begins, officers will begin to serve any outstanding warrants. During the enforcement phase, people who did not take advantage of the grace period may face arrest anywhere including while driving, at home, or on their job.
BPD encourages any person with current warrants to contact the appropriate court and take care of their warrant. Most outstanding warrants can be handled through the appropriate city websites. Individuals do not have to present their original citation, however the person appearing before the courts must be the individual charges with the violations.
During the last warrant roundup in January, officers were able to clear over 800 outstanding warrants during the grace period and made over 350 warrant arrests during the enforcement phase.


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i have a question about "psx4all". when will i be released, how many % did they authors complete and since when they are on this project?
sry 4 my bad engrish
i doubt that it will be released, i know that it worked, that had a small recompiler, that some games could run at 15 fps...maybe chui can explain us a little more.
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Hugo Chávez is the most visible Latin America leader in decades. He lies seriously ill in a Cuban hospital, and his return to Venezuelan politics seems uncertain. What are we to make of this controversial and contradictory figure? A broader historical and comparative perspective can help make sense of the man and his legacy. Chávez himself constantly evokes history to support his project of twenty-first-century Venezuelan socialism. Like most political leaders, Chávez uses history in a highly selective and sometimes confusing way. Chávez sees himself as a continuing in the footsteps of Simón Bolívar, the great leader of South America's struggles for independence from Spain in the early 19th century. He named his project after Bolívar, gives speeches in front of images of the great liberator, exhumed his remains and built a lavish new mausoleum to house them in downtown Caracas. However, Bolívar, the white son of wealthy Venezuelan planters was certainly no socialist and, by the end of his life, was a profoundly disillusioned and conservative man. In his letters he despaired of the capacity of Latin Americans to govern themselves democratically. Chávez elides all this, and focuses instead on Bolívar's dreams of geo-political unity in South America. Chávez also sees himself as the corrective to all that was wrong with Venezuelan politics in the four decades before 1998, during which two increasingly corrupt civilian parties alternated in power, marginalized the left, shared state patronage and oil wealth among their supporters, and generally excluded the poor from politics and development. Many of Chávez's criticisms of more recent Venezuelan history make more sense. However, what has he offered in its place?
Chávez's record is mixed. Even his critics concede that he has made Venezuelan politics far more inclusive and boosted political participation among the marginalized; international observers report that elections have generally been freely contested and fair. In 2007, Chávez narrowly lost a referendum on a reform aiming to abolish presidential term limits. Venezuela's courts, legislature and press were hardly paragons of liberal-democratic virtue and autonomy before 1998. However, Chávez has failed to strengthen them, and has instead steadily amassed executive power at the expense of other branches of government, and made the polarization of political debate a central strategy. Like many Latin American governments in the last decade, Chávez has increased social spending, on health and education in particular, and enjoyed some success reducing rates of poverty, illiteracy and child mortality. Only time will tell whether social programs represent efficient, long-term investments in human capital, or have worked largely as mechanisms of political patronage. What is certain is that Chávez has failed to carry out one profound, necessary, and very difficult change: diversifying Venezuela's economy away from its historical dependence on oil. The true test of his legacy will come when oil prices fall. In the last decade, South American countries have moved away from the traditionally weighty U.S. influence, and asserted more independence on trade, natural resources, and regional co-operation. Chávez has certainly played his part in this larger shift, and Venezuela's oil wealth has allowed for the cultivation of regional alliances. However, oil also makes Chávez's project difficult to emulate in other countries which are less dependent on a single natural resource.
Will the Bolivarian Revolution march on without Chávez? In Cuba, Fidel Castro has managed his gradual departure from political leadership expertly, and most observers do not expect Castro's death to trigger any rapid changes in Cuban politics. By contrast, the future of Chávez's Bolivarian Revolution looks a lot more fragile and uncertain. Chávez has been around for a lot less time than Cuba's seasoned revolutionaries, and his project is far less institutionalized and, perhaps, legitimate; Chávez continues to confront a large and vocal opposition movement, particularly strong among the middle class. Should Chávez fail to return to centre stage, this will obviously energize the opposition, but will also probably expose some divisions within Chávez's coalition; and, as ever in South America, the posture of different factions within the armed forces is likely to be crucial. Chávez headed off an attempted coup in 2002 with the aid of key groups of officers, and officers have become increasingly prominent in public office since then.


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Katch 1 Time's Up Art Show in NYC
Words by Josh Zickert
Photos by Chris Martin
Natural Koncept's exclusive artist Katch 1 made the trek from Hawaii to NYC for his month long art show titled Time's Up at Gallery Bar in the LES. 16 never before seen canvases, 36 marker drawings, a slew of hand-drawn boards and classic NK decks transformed the space into a virtual trip inside the mind of the notorious graffiti artist. A mind exploding with bright vibrant colors, detailed imagery, and the seamless insertion of working clocks into the large canvases.
Brooklyn Dawn and Jayceeoh DJ'd while the Illegitimate Bastard Child and Dysfunctional Family videos looped. Eric Munday and The Skate Lair Mob represented in full force. BIO, NICER, BG 183, HOW and NOSM of the TATS Cru, TDEE from DF, Werds and even Just 195 from LA's NASA Crew kept it live while Dan Pensyl, Jefferson Pang, Nolan Lee, James Mcguinness and a grip of NYC skaters kicked back with endless Brooklyn Lager on draft.
The night continued on in true NYC fashion with some shredding, drinks at The Fish, and a few more cocktails at the club. Lookout for Katch's new 267 page hardcover book on his life's work—arriving at your local skate shop soon!


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"Greenleaf" star Merle Dandridge traces her acting success to her drama studies in high school in Nebraska and at Roosevelt University.
"My friend said, 'Take drama, it's easy,'" Dandridge told Entertainment Weekly in a story posted online Tuesday. "I took it, and found my squad."
Dandridge, 41, said she co-founded the now-defunct Gilead Theatre company in Chicago. She starred in productions in Bucktown, Lakeview and Park Forest before moving to New York to perform on Broadway.
She landed roles in "Sons of...


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Officials ask that if you were stranded and have reached a place of safety, call the Boulder Office of Emergency Management's hotline at 303-413-7730 to let authorities know you are OK.
If you have self-evacuated, call the same number to report your status.
Dick Easter hasn't heard from his good friend Bob Kendall in days. No response by landline, cell phone or email.
Kendall lives with his wife along the North St. Vrain Creek, west of Lyons, and Easter can't stop thinking that the worst may have happened to his buddy of 40 years after floodwaters inundated the small town at the edge of the mountains and forced the evacuation of hundreds.
"I'm afraid from what I've seen that his house is gone," said Easter, a retired Regional Transportation District bus driver from Boulder. "My concern is he didn't get out."
Easter is just one of thousands of people left wondering about the whereabouts of friends and loved ones after the skies opened up over Colorado and dumped more than 16 inches of rain on parts of Boulder County between Monday and Sunday. The resulting floods washed out bridges and roads and downed power lines and cell phone towers, especially in the foothills, cutting off small towns such as Lyons and Jamestown from the rest of the world and leaving hundreds of residents unable let others know they are OK.
As of Sunday night, Boulder County officials said the number of people unaccounted for in the county is 235. Sheriff Joe Pelle said the total doesn't necessarily represent people who are definitively missing, but those who simply have not made contact with anyone.
"This information concerns the people who care for someone but can't account for them," Pelle said.
But he warned that the number of unaccounted for residents fluctuates frequently as new people are added to the list or folks report in as no longer missing. Pelle urged those who reported someone missing who then hears from that person to alert county officials at 303-413-7730. Same goes for those who manage to evacuate themselves without help from search and rescue teams, he said.
In the meantime, his office has sent 10 detectives into the foothills to go door to door to locate people who have dropped off the radar.
"They are actively working with search and rescue in the field to go to these addresses," Pelle said.
His biggest frustration was the inability to get helicopters back into the air Sunday after rainy weather moved back into the Front Range and dramatically dropped the cloud cover over the mountains.
"The major thing we're dealing with is frustration — frustration that we can't fly," the sheriff said. "Eighty percent of what we are trying to accomplish can only be done by air, and pilots and crews are sitting on their hands."
Rusty Pinkerton, a Longmont resident, said if only those choppers could fly by his best friend's home on Blue Mountain Road, they would spot Zia Maiz and bring him out. He hasn't heard from Maiz since Friday morning and waited at LifeBridge Christian Church, an evacuation center for stranded flood victims, on Sunday in case he showed up there.
"It's very hard dealing with an unknown, not knowing one way or the other," Pinkerton said. "We're just sitting on pins and needles."
That's how Feliz Gutierrez felt after she lost contact with her 68-year-old father, Benito Chavez, on Thursday afternoon, after he went camping with five buddies at Beaver Reservoir west of the Peak to Peak Highway. She said the flooding had washed out Boulder County Road 96 leading to the reservoir and her father, a Vietnam vet who lives in Longmont, was stuck there with dwindling food supplies and none of his medication.
"My dad is the primary caretaker of my mother, who has Parkinson's," Gutierrez said. "He's a survivor, but at his age you would worry about anybody."
Late Sunday, she said she heard that volunteers from the Indian Peaks Fire Protection District had made contact with her father and his friends but didn't know just when they might be coming out.
Gabrielle Boerkircher, a spokeswoman for the Boulder Office of Emergency Management, said her office was aware of the group of men at Beaver Reservoir but that County Road 96 had been compromised by mudslides and they were doing what they could to monitor the situation and get them out.
Pelle said locating people and bringing them to safety would continue to be the primary mission of search and rescue personnel countywide, at least for the next few days. The weather is expected to improve, with warmer temperatures and less moisture, going into the week.
"Getting to everyone in our county is the No. 1 priority we are trying to accomplish — everything else is secondary to that," he said.
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Author Notes: My phone is like a Thanksgiving hotline on turkey day, and the most stressful part of the meal for a lot of people is the gravy. I finally decided to write it all down. How much do you need? How to cut down on the fat but keep the flavor? I use a trick from my mom--an old, beat-up gravy shaker. It was lost at one point and I found a replacement, but you don't really need that uni-tasking gizmo. Just mix the flour (hold the cornstarch) with some water and strain out the lumps, or use Wondra. - Sally —Sally
Food52 Review: If you've never made gravy, or you're worried that your gravy won't turn out, this would be a good recipe for you. And if you've made gravy for years, as I have, this would still be a good recipe for you. The directions are written well, to guide you to make a truly classic and elegant gravy with ease. I usually add the gizzards, hearts, and livers to the stock, which make it taste stronger, and I found this gravy to be lovely without them. It has a light, clean flavor, and should compliment your turkey and sides nicely. - SallyCan —The Editors
Serves: 8 to 12
turkey neck and wing tips
onion, sliced
carrot, thickly sliced
stalk celery, thickly sliced
bay leaf
Salt and pepper
4 to 5
tablespoons flour
Low salt chicken broth, as needed
- As soon as the turkey goes in the oven, put the turkey neck and the wing tips (if you have cut them off the turkey) in a large saucepan with the onion, carrot, celery and bay leaf. Add a pinch of salt and a few grindings of black pepper. Cover with about an inch of water and bring to a boil over medium heat. Decrease the heat so that the stock simmers gently while the turkey roasts, for at least one hour. Just be sure the liquid doesn't boil away (add more if necessary). Strain the stock.
- When the turkey is done, remove it from the roasting pan and set it on a platter to rest for a while before carving (at least 30 minutes.) Pour all the drippings--the juices and fat-- from the roasting pan into a large (4 cup) Pyrex measuring cup or glass bowl. Let it rest for about 5 minutes to allow the fat to separate and rise to the top. Skim off and discard the fat.
- Pour about 1 cup of the turkey stock you made in step one into the roasting pan and stir with a whisk to release all the brown bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the turkey drippings (now de-fatted) to the pan and stir some more. Strain all of this back into the measuring cup to see how much you have and to rid the stock of any unwanted crusty bits from the bottom of the pan. Add enough turkey stock to the measuring cup to make four cups. If you don't have enough stock, add chicken broth. Pour it into a saucepan.
- Mix the flour with 1/3 cup cold water until smooth, using a gravy shaker, or whisking it in a bowl to smooth out the lumps. Strain if you can't get the lumps out. Whisk this slurry into the stock and bring it to a boil. Simmer for at least 5 minutes to rid the gravy of the raw flour taste. The amount of flour depends on your taste. My view on this is that it should be fairly thin; the flour should just add a little body to the stock without making it goopy. If you want thicker gravy, repeat the flour and water exercise, and add it cautiously and in increments to the gravy. It will thicken as it cooks, so give it a little time (5 to 6 minutes) before you jump in with more flour. Season with salt and pepper.
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The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), which was established to aid development in the Arab world, has published a new report targeting a nation that does not fall under its jurisdiction - Israel. Nevertheless, this official UN agency, which received over 88 million dollars in allocations last year, has a lot to say about the Jewish state.
Here are a few quotes taken directly from the new UN report titled "Arab Integration: A 21st Century Development Imperative." We added a few comments for clarification.
"Palestine is still under Israeli occupation which is based on settlement-building and substitution."
[Ed. Note: Substitution means transferring one people group for another and is better known as "ethnic cleansing."]
"Israel's violation is not limited to direct occupation of Arab land. Israel makes repeated attacks on neighbouring countries."
[Ed. Note: Israel attacks Hezbollah in Lebanon, terror cells from Iran and stray Syrian missile launchers.]
"These policies are a threat to the security of Arab citizens across the region."
[Ed. Note: They are certainly a threat to radical Muslim terrorists!]
"These (Israeli) policies have led to civil wars, such as that in Lebanon, in an attempt to divide the region into sectarian mini-States."
[Ed. Note: According to the report, Israel is responsible for the murderous sectarianism and Arab civil wars.]
"By pushing for an exclusive Jewish State, Israel propagates the concept of religious or ethnic purity of states, a concept that inflicted on humanity the worst crimes of the last century."
[Ed. Note: The worst crimes of the last century would be the Holocaust and the genocide in Sudan. So the UN is promoting the idea that Israel's desire to be a Jewish state is really a plot to kill all the Arabs in the Mideast.]
"This concept (Jewish state) undermines human development based on equal rights for all citizens, and non-discrimination against any person on the basis of religion or ethnicity."
[Ed. Note: In the report, only Israel is singled out for religious persecutions and racism as compared to other Muslim countries. Oh, did I say Muslim countries? I meant egalitarian democratic Arab states.]
"The Arab region cannot become free without the liberation of those Arab territories currently under Israeli occupation."
[Ed. Note: In other words, once Israel is destroyed, there will be free press, freedom of speech, women's liberation and freedom of religion in the Arab Mideast. That would be wonderful, except Israel is here to stay.]
Rima Khalaf (pictured), who was appointed as Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA by the UN chief Ban Ki-moon, had this to say of her organization's new report:
"Foreign interference comes in various forms, such as violations of Arab rights and dignity, but its worst manifestation is the Israeli occupation of Palestine, the Syrian Golan Heights and Lebanese territories."
[Ed. Note: According to the UN appointed-Khalal, it is Israel that has taken away Arab dignity (by winning 5 wars?).]
"The authors of the report claim that the damage caused by Israeli policies is not limited to occupation activities, but they believe that aggressive Israeli policies, including its support for discord aimed at establishing Arab sectarian mini-States."
[Ed. Note: Rima Khalaf, the Executive Secretary of a UN agency that receives over 88 million dollars a year, likes the idea that Israel is the cause of the sectarian fighting and the Muslim civil wars.]
"The most dangerous of these policies is Israel's adamancy that it is a Jewish State, which violates the rights of both the Muslim and Christian indigenous populations and revives the concept of state ethnic and religious purity, which caused egregious human suffering during the twentieth century."
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Best instant classic: Defending Jefferson Cup golfing champion David Passerell beats the odds to top Brant Dixon in a thrilling Sunday evening playoff at the Birdwood course. Passerell's double bogey on the 17th seemed to seal his fate as he fell two strokes off the lead entering the final hole. He quickly regained his composure and closed the round with a clutch birdie putt to force a sudden death playoff. Passerell went on to hoist the coveted Cup for a second straight year. Full story in the August 16 Daily Progress.
Hardest workers: Despite pushing defending conference champions the Carolina Panthers into overtime August 14, Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs says his team still has a lot of work. "Offensively there were too many mistakes," Gibbs tells Redskins.com after the team's 23-20 loss dropped them to 1-1 in preseason play.
Shortest employment: After only three-months, UVA women's basketball loses assistant coach Tom Garrick to his alma mater, the University of Rhode Island, an opportunity he couldn't refuse. "You have to orchestrate things in the right way," he tells the Rhode Island athletics website about his new head coach position. "It's like a big chess game."
Biggest history in the making: UVA women's basketball alum Dawn Staley earns the honor of carrying the American flag at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games. It's just the beginning, though, as Staley– a three-time All-American at UVA– is now striving to become just the third American women's basketball player to capture three gold medals. (She was a member of both the 1996 and 2000 gold medal teams.)
Best Secretariat impression: Not showing any symptoms of a West Nile infection, Kitten's Joy becomes one of two hot local horses with a record-setting victory at the Secretariat Stakes August 14. A month after his Virginia Derby triumph, Kitten's Joy sets a track record in his seventh victory in eight races. The winning mile and a quarter time of 1:59.65 is just a fifth of a second off the legendary hot pace Secretariat set in the Kentucky Derby (on different surfaces, however). Read all about it in the August 16 Progress.
Best medal chasers on six legs: At press time, Keene rider Kim Severson and Albemarle thouroughbred Winsome Adante were still in contention for Olympic glory.
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Thursday, August 19-Thursday, August 26-
Richmond Braves home stand
It's pennant fever at The Diamond in Richmond as the first-place Braves battle their division foes in the season's final stretch. The race is tight though, as three teams are within five games of first place. Great tickets still available: $3-$9.
Friday August 20-Sunday August 22
Orioles vs. Toronto Blue Jays
After eight straight victories, the Orioles finally lose a baseball game last week, while continuing to play well. The O's hope to keep their slim playoff hopes alive in their weekend series with the Blue Jays. Tickets $9-55.
Saturday, August 21 @7pm
UVA Men's Soccer "Blue vs. Orange" exhibition game
The men came together late last season to capture the ACC championship and now return even deeper with beaucoup returning starters and one of the nation's top recruiting classes. Check out the Cavs as they tune up for their fall campaign at Klöckner Stadium. Free.
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Athens Summer Olympic Games
It's a little late to be planning a late summer European vacation to Athens. But rather than searching for airfare, consider the security of your own couch watching our local basketball star and equestrian pair go for the gold.
Dawn "Team USA" Staley plays pro ball for the Charlotte Sting.


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Shona C. Gilbert, an artistic couture jewelry designer, is bringing her designs via a trunk show to Neiman Marcus at Fashion Island on Dec. 14-15.
Her handmade line, SHONA, features glass-beaded bracelets, tourmaline gemstones and vintage stones, according to a news release.
There's the Gorgeous Doll Choker Necklace, the Bracelets St. Germain — a mix of pink and gold blush metal beads, with vintage Chanel beads — or the 1937 Vintage Collar.
For more trunk show details, call (949) 759-1900. Neiman Marcus is at 601 Newport Center Drive in Newport Beach.
A puppet show for adults
Warning: These puppets aren't kid-friendly.
"Henson Alternative: Stuffed and Unstrung," deemed a puppet show for adults, comes to the Irvine Barclay Theatre from Dec. 28 through Dec. 31.
No two performances are alike, according to a news release. Patrick Bristow hosts the show, and six puppeteers feed off the audience for fodder.
Tickets cost $38 to $45. No minors are allowed. A special New Year's Eve show will take place at 7 p.m. with a live telecast from New York's Times Square to countdown to midnight (East Coast time) with the Muppets.
For more information, visit http://www.thebarclay.org.
'Addams Family' comes to Segerstrom
Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsly and Uncle Fester will take the stage at the Segerstrom Center's Kids' Night on Broadway during two performances of the "Addams Family" on Dec. 18 and 19.
Kids' Night on Broadway introduces youth to the "magic of theater and makes Broadway accessible to all families," a press release said.
Children ages 6 to 18 will be admitted free with every full-priced adult ticket purchased for the show with the promo code: KIDS. Tickets start at $20.
The "Addams Family musical" is a take on the kooky family series created by cartoonist Charles Addams.
Both shows are at 7:30 p.m. with preshow activities and games from 6 to 7 p.m. The event is at Segerstrom Hall, 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.scfta.org, the box office at 600 Town Center Drive or by calling (714) 556-2787.
Irish rock at Muldoon's this weekend
The famed Celtic band the Young Dubliners will be back at Muldoon's Irish Pub from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The Young Dubs, as they are called by fans, is an American band that mixes Irish sounds and modern rock.
The concert is free and will take place in Muldoon's courtyard, 202 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. Call (949) 640-4110 or visit http://www.muldoonspub.com.
Hanukkah celebration at Fashion Island
Adam Sandler put it best: "Put on your yarmulke, it's time for Hanukkah."
Chabad Jewish Center and Fashion Island are hosting a public Menorah lighting ceremony at 3 p.m. Sunday in Fashion Island's Atrium Garden Court near Barnes & Noble.
The event kicks off with a performance by "The Locos!" and then a musical performance by a group of young special needs teens from the Friendship Circle, with the lighting of the Noah's Ark Menorah afterward, according to a news release.
Other activities include gifts, treats, Hanukkah crafts, face painting and balloon animals. Bring a toy to donate as a gift for underprivileged children.
For more information, visit http://www.JewishNewport.com or call (949) 721-9800.
Snow coming to Balearic Community Park
Holiday Snow Land hits Cosa Mesa with 40 tons of snow blanketing Costa Mesa's Balearic Community Park from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Santa will be on hand and you'll be able to take free rides in his sleigh with reindeer. Games and food will also be available.
The event is free, and sales from food will be donated to local schools.
Balearic Community Park is at 1975 Balearic Drive. For more information, visit Torelli Realty's blog at http://www.torellirealty.com.
Art and boutique show this weekend
Last-minute shopping? Check out the Huntington Beach Downtown Business Improvement District's art and boutique art show from 5 to 9 p.m. Dec. 19. at the local Art Center, 538 Main St.
Fine art, jewelry, crafts and entertainment will be on hand at the event and of course, the big guy himself, Santa, will stop by from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Attendees can also enter to win one of several beautiful gift baskets plus the HB Downtown Holiday Coupon Book, filled with offers from more than four dozen businesses in downtown Huntington.
More information is at http://www.hbdowntown.com.
Last weekend for Winter Fantasy
Sawdust Art Festival's Winter Fantasy closes out this weekend, and there will be plenty of fun there.
In addition to unique art and gifts on sale, there will be Fireside Carolers, Balloon Diva, Santa Claus, El Morro Honors Chorus, Graham Robby's country music and Matt Quilter's surf music on Saturday and Sunday.
Don't forget to check out the art classes, where attendees can make fingerprint cards, pine cone trees and snowman socks. Classes are inexpensive and some are for all ages.
The festival will also wrap up its Toys for Tots drive, with those donating a toy valued at $5 or more receiving free one-day admission to Winter Fantasy.
For a list of classes and entertainment, visit http://www.sawdustartfestival.org or call (949) 494-3030.
Sawdust is at 935 Laguna Canyon Road.
ALISHA GOMEZ is managing editor of the Coastline Pilot and Huntington Beach Independent. She can be reached email@example.com or (714) 966-4618.


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Seeking to clamp down on mysterious, blight-inducing and seemingly never-ending construction projects, Palo Alto is preparing to adopt a new law that would fine residents with expired building permits.
The proposed ordinance, which the City Council's Policy and Services Committee is scheduled to consider on Nov. 19, aims to address recent concerns from numerous residents about long-term construction projects in their neighborhoods. The council began to tackle this problem in September, after Vice Mayor Nancy Shepherd and council members Marc Berman, Karen Holman and Gail Price issued a colleagues memo calling for stricter penalties for construction laggards.
The memo argued that construction projects in local neighborhoods can cause "periodic traffic, parking, noise and visual impacts" for the community, which can be a problem when they are delayed by several years. An incomplete construction project, the memo stated, "can become an eye-sore, attractive nuisance and a problem for the residents and neighborhood."
"These incomplete projects detract from neighborhood quality of life and residents deserve an ordinance that they can rely on to ensure that housing projects start and finish in a reasonable time," the council members wrote in the memo.
At its Sept. 23 discussion, the council heard from former Mayor Gail Woolley, a Mariposa Avenue resident who described the "mystery project" that has been creating a blight on her Southgate block for the past seven years. The chain-link fence around the site went up in late 2007, she said, and the house behind the fence was demolished in 2008. Since then, not much has happened at the site, aside from a little construction and some drug and alcohol use.
On Wednesday, the city released its proposal for such an ordinance that would unravel these mystery projects: one that would fine an applicant for each day of unauthorized delay. Under the staff proposal, the penalty would be tied to building permits, with the fine tied to the magnitude of delinquency. If a building permit expired between 31 and 60 days ago, the penalty would be $200 per each day without an active permit. The fine would go up to $400 for days 61 through 120 and then to $800 per day "beginning on 121st day and for each day thereafter, with no upper limit." The chief building official would have the authority to modify or waive the penalty based on circumstances.
In tying penalties to building permits, Palo Alto planners are taking a different approach from cities like Atherton and San Bruno, which base their time limits for construction projects on square footage (in the case of the former) and value of the project (in the case of the latter). City planners argue in a new report that "project complexity and the time required to complete construction vary and are not always proportional to square footage or estimated value."
The recommended approach, the report states, "is consistent with the overarching goal that construction not be permitted to languish, and avoids imposing harsh penalties on minor delays while ensuring that complaint-based enforcement is available to dissuade truly stalled construction."
The staff proposal shouldn't be a tough sell. At its Sept. 23 meeting, City Council members all agreed that the city's building code should be updated to protect neighborhoods from construction blight. Councilwoman Liz Kniss, who chairs the Policy and Services Committee, called the update "long overdue" and Mayor Greg Scharff called stalled construction projects a "quality of life issue" that has become common throughout Palo Alto, including in his own neighborhood. Councilwoman Gail Price agreed and said it's "extremely important" that the city moves forward with exploring new penalties for stalled construction projects.
"The sense of concern and urgency has become very clear by the very articulate community members who have simply had enough of this kind of condition," Price said.


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House Appropriations Committee members have agreed to an amendment offered by Missouri Bootheel Rep. Jo Ann Emerson that would deny funding to the Office for Foreign Asset Control for enforcing its new rule on credit sales to Cuba.
Rep. Emerson is one of several lawmakers who have criticized what many see as a sop to anti-Castro Cubans living in the Miami area. They say the rule — which requires Cuba to pay for agricultural products before they leave U.S. ports — threatens U.S. access to the Cuban market.
Since trade restrictions were lifted in December 2001, Cuba has purchased more than 320,000 metric tons of U.S. rice. In 2004, Cuba bought $64 million worth, making it the fastest-growing market for U.S. rice and one of the top five customers for long grain rice.
The majority of the sales have been on a cash basis under licenses issued by the Commerce Department. Cuban purchasers have paid promptly and no credit has been extended by U.S. entities, which would be a violation of the law.
All told, Cuba has contracted to purchase more than $1.25 billion worth of U.S. agricultural products with more than $1 billion of that amount already delivered and paid for. But such contracts could be at risk because of the OFAC rules.
A spokesman for the U.S. Rice Producers Association and USA Rice Federation told a congressional committee that U.S. exporters had pending contracts for sales of 950,000 metric tons of agricultural products to Cuba when OFAC issued its new regulations.
"Losing the sales — unless the Cubans are gracious enough to renegotiate the payment terms — will expose exporters to the possibility of experiencing a loss on any hedge position that the exporter took when he entered into the contract," said Dennis DeLaughter, a Texas rice farmer.
DeLaughter said the OFAC rule "sends the wrong message to America's trading partners. We understand this is the first time since the 1980 grain embargo that the United States has adopted regulations that preclude exporters from performing existing contracts."
The rule also comes at a time when more questions are being raised about the effectiveness of U.S. embargoes against Cuba and other countries.
A study by the Institute of International Economics shows that U.S. sanctions on 26 countries now cost the United States between $15 billion and $19 billion in exports annually and have worked less than 13 percent of the time.
Those figures come from a column by Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria who argues that harsh U.S. sanctions against Iraq — before Saddam Hussein's ouster — Iran and Cuba have had the opposite of the desired effect while less stringent actions against Libya and Vietnam have caused a turnaround in those countries.
The Emerson amendment to the fiscal 2006 Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill now goes to the full House. The Senate has not considered its bill, but strong criticism of the OFAC rule in that chamber could lead to similar language being inserted.


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The second to win both 1800m turf features was Presvis, who registered the notable double for UK-based trainer Luca Cumani last year and seeks to become the first horse to win the Al Rashidiya twice.
Last season's UAE champion trainer Ali Rashid Al Raihe will be saddling Rajsaman for the first time and the five-year-old was not beaten far when seventh in the Hong Kong Mile in December. He is penalised for a Group 2 win in France last October and stable jockey Royston Ffrench said: "I am looking forward to getting him on the track and he is a nice new horse in the yard obviously. Presvis and Musir are top class horses and it looks a strong race as you would expect."
Mike de Kock, one of only two trainers to have won this race more than once, relies on 2010 UAE Derby winner Musir who could not have been more impressive when winning the opening round of the Al Maktoum Challenge on his return to action a fortnight ago.
Both of those wins were on the all-weather but he is penalised for an impressive win in Turkey last September when proving turf holds no fears for him. De Kock, who is in South Africa, explained: "The Dubai Duty Free is the race we want to target him at so this is the obvious next step. If the [Dubai] Duty Free is a realistic target he needs to run well against the likes of Presvis and Rajsaman so this is the ideal opportunity. He has been working well and we are going to find out how good he is on turf which, I personally, think is his best surface."
De Kock has saddled the winner of the race three times, one less than Godolphin handler Saeed bin Suroor who relies on new recruit Sandagiyr. Bin Suroor said: "He is going nicely at home but will improve for the outing. It looks the best race of the Carnival so far and Rajsaman, Musir and Presvis are going to be hard to beat."
Fellow Godolphin trainer Mahmoud Al Zarooni saddles City Style but echoes Bin Suroor's sentiments and said: "It looks a very hot race with Musir and Presvis going to be hard to beat. City Style deserves a chance in this company and won well last time. Hopefully he can run a good race."


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US rapper A$AP Rocky will be making an appearance on our shores in June.
Harlem-born Rocky will tour his album LongLiveA$AP, which was released in January this year to much critical acclaim.
A$AP Rocky will play one New Zealand show at the Logan Campbell Centre on 25 June. Tickets on sale from Ticketmaster 7 March.
Beth Orton - the British folk singer who has also branched out into electronica - returns to New Zealand this May for a church tour.
The singer-songwriter, pictured, who was at the forefront of the "folktronica" scene during the 1990s, with her collaborations with the Chemical Brothers and William Orbit and her critically acclaimed albums Trailer Park and Central Reservation, plays Old St Paul's in Wellington on May 17 and Auckland's Holy Trinity Cathedral on May 18. Tickets on sale March 4 from Ticketmaster.
Also recently announced is a tour by New York producer Baauer whose track Harlem Shake is currently No 1 on the New Zealand singles charts.
He plays Auckland Studio on April 27 and Bettys in Wellington on May 1, tickets on sale from undertheradar.co.nz.
And British punk pioneers the Buzzcocks are returning for a four-show tour in April. The band - led by original members Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle - were last here in 2009 and this time round play Bodega, Wellington, April 27; Kings Arms, Auckland, April 28; Dux Live, Christchurch, April 30 and New Plymouth's Mayfair, May 1.
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No, not another post about coloring! Just indulge me one more time, dear reader.
|This took up way more time than I anticipated.
Black markers for the flowers, and colored pencils (Faber Castell) for the background.
I felt that the plate had way too much colors already, so left the leaves uncolored.
|Decided to go twee with this one
So lots of pastels such as pinks, purples, and baby blues
And green, lots of green. Green is my color of the moment.
|This is, like, 99% complete.
A friend pointed out that I missed a flower outline (upper left).
And then I noticed that I left out a few purple feather lines as well (bottom).
|R. challenged me not to use any green in my next Secret Garden plate.
So fall colors on this one. Although we don't have that season here in Manila. Hehehe.
This plate made me fall in love with Derwent colored pencils.
|Used both Derwent and Prismacolor pencils for this one.
The bolder colors are Prismas, which have cores that are too soft for my taste.
The Derwents have just the right balance.


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Tentacle Monster Raped by Schoolgirl[edit]
Kanto, Japan- An unnamed tentacle monster was victim of a rape perpetrated by a schoolgirl today. The monster described her as having freakishly large eyes, a tiny nose with no nostrils, long, clumped, pink hair, and at starvation level thinness. She was wearing a thin white shirt and lacy panties and had extraordinary long limbs, especially her legs. The tentacle monster was nearly inconsolable and was reduced to tears when questioned about the event. Eventually, the victim was calmed down to the point where it offered the following description of the event: "I was standing in the back of a dark alleyway, innocently lurking, when a young girl in skimpy clothing wandered by. She paused at the mouth of the alleyway and looked at me, somehow strangely illuminated while her surroundings were enshrouded in shadows. She asked me what I was doing while looking at me with eyes that reflected so much light I was blinded. I shrugged of my coat and tried to fill as many of her orifices with my appendage tentacles as I could while cackling maniacally in a deep voice (author's note: This behavior is an informal greeting ritual among tentacle monsters, similar to meeting someone with a twisted hand gesture and the vocalization 'sup.'). She moved faster than I could act. Before I had a chance to run she grabed me and... and.. oh god, WHY WOULD SOMEONE DO THAT!? WHAT IS OUR WORLD COMING TO!? WWWHHHYYY?!" Several suspects were apprehended and the perpetrator was picked out of a line up. The offender was arrested and taken away. She was cited as "doing it for the lulz."


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Verona Beach Safehouse
The Verona Beach Safehouse is a safehouse in Verona Beach, Los Santos in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Carl Johnson, the player character, can purchase the safehouse for $10,000. The safehouse does not have a garage and no vehicles can be stored there. The Burger Shot in Marina, where OG Loc briefly works, is located nearby.