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Spanking increases odds of mental illness, substance abuse: study
Hit your kid, and your increasing the chances he or she will suffer from mental illness as an adult, a new study shows. From MedPage Today: Adults who reported such punishments in their childhood had a greater risk of mood disorders, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug abuse dependence, and several personality disorders, according to Tracie […]
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Anderson Cooper: `The fact is I'm gay'
A generation, no, a decade ago, a major cable network anchor coming out as gay would have sent shock waves through the media universe. Now? Not so much. Interesting? Maybe. But not a game-changer. Andrew Sullivan of The Daily Beast contacted a longtime friend, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, for his take on an Entertainment Weekly […]
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Scientists: Proof of `God particle' detected
This is so far above my head even if I read and saw "Angels & Demons" (the one without the bad Tom Hanks' hair) but it's apparently huge. From the Associated Press: GENEVA (AP) — Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher plan to announce Wednesday that they have gathered enough evidence to show […]
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Marriage Impossible: People reports Cruise, Holmes divorcing
Remember to click on the captions. [nggallery id=6102] Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are divorcing after five years of marriage, People magazine is reporting. "This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family," Holmes's attorney Jonathan Wolfe, is quoted as saying on the magazine's web site. "Katie's primary concern remains, as it […]
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Happy Canada Day Weekend: A quiz
In honor of our friends to the north. Remember to click on the captions. [nggallery id=6080] Times Union intern Tim Eason contributed to this report.
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Old-time base ball for the Fourth
Fourth of July — Independence Day. A day of celebrating of the birth of our nation. A day of family and friends and backyard barbecues. A day of pulled hamstrings and badly bruised hands and even more wounded egos. This Wednesday the New York Mutuals will make their annual trek to Bethlehem to play the […]
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CNN, Fox News 'break' the ACA story
Here is a Storify of how Twitter broke and reacted to the news CNN and Fox News botched the Affordable Care Act vote.
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Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, upheld by SCOTUS
This is developing. The original reports out of the Supreme Court were conflicting, shades of the post-2000 election. "The Supreme Court has struck down the individual mandate for health care, " CNN reported. Um, no. (Update: Fox screwed up, too.) In fact, the Supreme Court Thursday that the Affordable Care Act is indeed constitutional (with […]
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Ann Curry signs off from `Today'
Ann Curry, co-host of "Today," signed off Thursday for the final time from the show, a week after word emerged that NBC sought to oust her. She had been with the morning show 14 years, but only one year as co-host.
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What kids don't know
Yeah, this is about my soon-to-be 16-year-old. Yeah, I was initially embarrassed. But then I realized: What reason would she ever have had to send one in her life? Taught 16-year-old daughter how to address envelope today. #whatsaletter — Donna Liquori (@donna_liquori) June 27, 2012
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Tropical Smoothie Café has announced a new menu rollout for all 305 locations nationwide that includes a 40 percent reduction of sodium in all chicken-based menu items.
"Customers have always depended on Tropical Smoothie Café as an alternative to high calorie, high sodium fast food dining," said Tropical Smoothie Café president and CEO Erich Jenrich. "It's important to us to continue leading the quick-service restaurant category in offering healthier meals with a tropical twist and that includes updating the menu and offering higher quality ingredients, like the new lower-sodium chicken, when they become available."
The new streamlined menu boards showcase images of the Café's most popular menu items, such as toasted wraps: Buffalo Chicken, King Caesar, Totally Turkey, Jamaican Jerk Chicken and Thai Chicken. Other featured favorites include toasted flatbreads: Chicken Pesto, Baja Chicken, and the newest addition to the menu, Chipotle Chicken Club Flatbread, as well as toasted sandwiches: Cranberry Walnut Chicken Salad, Turkey Bacon Ranch, Wasabi and Caesar Roast Beef.
The new menu boards will picture six of the brand's most popular real-fruit smoothies: Sunny Day, Kiwi Quencher, Paradise Point, Mango Magic, Blimey Limey and Sunrise Sunset, and all other smoothies will be listed by category and price.
A popular summer limited-time offering, the Low-Fat Strawberry Lemonade Smoothie, also is now a staple on the menu.
With the addition of menu items comes the all-natural, lower-sodium chicken featuring a citrus herb flavor to complement the refreshed tropical-themed menu. The new sliced chicken has a lighter texture, replacing the former chopped chicken in all of Tropical Smoothie Café's signature chicken recipes.
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It started with this news:
The Pentagon has again postponed a high-level meeting on the Navy's new Littoral Combat Ship program that was due take place on Oct. 29, a spokeswoman said, citing scheduling issues.
Pentagon spokeswoman Cheryl Irwin said no new date had been set for the meeting of the Defense Acquisition Board, which was expected to pave the way for the Navy to award a $5 billion contract for its new class of coastal warships.
The only reason the Navy would push the date back for selecting a winner of the LCS competition is if the Littoral Combat Ship is on the chopping block for POM 12. Well, as Bloomberg quotes Admiral Mullen discussing future defense budget cuts, that appears to be exactly what is happening.
"We're going through that process right now," Mullen said. "Major programs from all the services which aren't performing well, which can't get themselves under control in terms of cost and schedule, they're going to be looking at either being slowed down dramatically or being eliminated…"
"If LCS is unable to contain itself in terms of cost and schedule, then I don't think it has much of a future," he said.
I explain in greater detail on the home blog why I believe the LCS program is about to get the axe in POM 12.


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So when I was at the homebrew store buying the ingredients for my tripel, I was asking about methods for aging it in the bottles for a year or so. He recommended I buy some wine bottle wax, and wax the top of the beer bottles, caps and all. he said put the wax in an empty soup can, melt it down and dip the bottle top in... does anyone else recommend this? im not adverse to trying it or anything, only going to do 6 and a tall bottle, but is it not recommended or anything?
I have never had any issues with aging without wax. I just had a barley wine from about 2 years ago and it was fine. But wax does not sound like a bad idea. if nothing else it sounds like fun so i may try it.
there's NO technical reason to wax properly capped beer bottles. other than the LHBS gets to sell you more stuff.
Make Beer, Not War.
The directions you got from your LHBS are fine. I would add: 1: melt the wax in a empty tuna fish canor something so you can just kleave it inthere until the next batch. 2: Do it out doors with a grille of some kind, I got tagged for some of my deposit when I moved out of this joint:http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f38/ris-...s-brews-62424/
They sell O2 caps that are supposed to help keep the O2 out of your bottles. These might be nice to prevent oxidation for long-term storage. The wax might not be a bad idea, but I doubt it's really necessary. Might look cool on the right bottle.
My favorite Whiskey comes with a waxed cap!
i think it makes a difference in long term storage, or maybe it just gives me peace of mind.. plus it makes it easier to resist temptation of cracking open something you don't have a lot of.


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Apple disables RealNetworks music on iPod photo
Apple's iPod photo contains updated firmware that blocks songs downloaded from the RealNetworks music store from being played on the device, according to CNET News.com. "The move could render tunes purchased by many iPod owners unplayable on their music players. For the last four months, RealNetworks has marketed its music store as the only Apple rival compatible with the iPod, following the company's discovery of a way to let its customers play their downloaded tunes on Apple's MP3 player. Apple criticized RealNetworks' workaround, dubbed Harmony, as the 'tactics…of a hacker,' and warned in July that RealNetworks-purchased songs would likely 'cease to work with current and future iPods.'"
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Real messed up my iPod by screwin up a dialouge box, so I got rid of it.
For that, they neeed to die.
Posted by XanDaMan on December 15, 2004 at 3:23 PM (CST)
Start ripping those DRM's onto CD's
That's illegal my friend. We're talking about licensed music here. Let's keep on the straight and narrow!
Posted by Demosthenes on December 15, 2004 at 4:01 PM (CST)
If Real really thinks this is a problem, then they should have someone investigate.
I'm pretty sure they will. But consider that it took the FTC four years and the DoJ another 4 years to corral MS and you see that the wheels of justic move exceedingly slowly.
The competitive advantage to Apple's iPod and iTMS is that that work hand in hand, seemlessly. No other company does this
You know that's weird because last I heard, the Real thingy and the iPod worked nicely together… until Apple broke it.
I still can't quite understand the point of claiming that denying the iPod the ability to play back a wider range of music and formats is a good thing.
Consider this. If I have an iPod and it plays A and B type of tunes I am very happy. Then along comes something that lets it play A, B, and C tunes. I am even happier.
Then along comes Apple and breaks this and says No!, you can only play A and B. How is that good for me?
Posted by Demosthenes on December 15, 2004 at 4:04 PM (CST)
just give up Demo, it's about the music, the same music offered by everyone, if you are not happy about some stupid format issues, then go open your own open-source, work-for-free format and try to compete. Stop spinning your high horse wheel that goes no where, we don't care what you think, matter of fact, replying to your drival is wasting my time, but you need to step back from the computer and promote your ideas via action, like stop using the iPod and move the a third world country and see how long you could exist.
If you don't like anything, then don't buy it, buy something else that makes you happy or don't buy anything if you think they all should be FREE (what ever that means to you) no one, I said no one is pointing a gun to your head, and stop arguing a lame ideology and be content that you exist.
Posted by hokka in Sydney on December 15, 2004 at 5:40 PM (CST)
Hokka, you truly are lame.
Posted by Talking Madness in Los Angeles on December 15, 2004 at 8:44 PM (CST)
it's about the music, the same music offered by everyone, if you are not happy about some stupid format issues
No the same music is not offered by everyone. Because of different licensing and royalty agreements, Real happens to have a significant number of tunes that Apple does not. And vica versa. And furthermore, Real and Apple offer different quality encodings for those tunes that they do jointly offer. So really it comes down to choice. And if it wasn't for Apple's crippling then the iPod would have had a significant advabtage, being the only player that could offer people both Real/Rhapsody AACs and Apple AACs. To me that's a compelling advantage of the iPod - bringing it nearer the holy grail of being the first, true, universal legal music portable player.
stop arguing a lame ideology
Which are you calling lame? The idea of the free market, or the idea of decentralised open-source development?
If it's free market then I can't help you. To each their own.
If it's open source, then let's get a few things straight. Over 70% of the internet's web sites run on Apache, an open source web server. A majority of servers on the internet run Linux or BSD, also open source. The Google cluster, the largest computing device on the planet, runs open-source Linux. The majority of databases in the world run open-source MySQL or PostGreSQL, and are fronted using some combination of Perl, Python, or PHP, also open source.
Closer to home my classic example of open source development is the Rockbox. This open-source firmware replacement took the crappy 4-year-old Archos player and added full motion video, JPG viewer, hundreds of games and applications, but most significantly of all recently added a spoken menu UI system for blind users and hands-free users. Now,
I know some people that would *love* to have spoken menus for the iPod and some alternative to its completely visual UI, but because Apple runs it as completely closed source that doesn't look like it's ever going to happen. The iPod's hardware is so freaking cool that it could do so much more than simply play music and flick through photo albums, but Apple has stymied the creativity of the world's programmers by closing off access to the iPod's API. Instead all we get are occasional limited plugins and add-ons that underwhelm.
Posted by Demosthenes on December 15, 2004 at 9:39 PM (CST)
stop using the iPod
If I am wrong about your opinion of open-source then I attribute it to the general incoherence of your rant. How dare you tell me what I should or should not buy. That is my choice to make, not yours, and similarly it is my choice as to how I can improve or modify that which I own. If that concept seems alien to you, if you truly believe you have no right to modify things in your possession, then you have nothing to lose but the chains in your mind that shackle you into compliant servile consumerism.
Posted by Demosthenes on December 15, 2004 at 9:40 PM (CST)
open-source ONLY works in software, and nothing else because it requires no real labour but intellectual of a few who has too much time on their hands (who's gonna guarantee continue relatively painless instant support? No one.)
I just spotted it was you, dear Hukka, who wrote this earlier. MySQL gives their database away for free, yet sees revenues of hundreds of millions of dollars a year in support contracts. SUSE Linux, now part of Novell, brought them a change of $150m of profit in 2004 compared to their 2003 non-Linux revenue.
So just because *you* have not figured yet how to make money from open-source software, this hasn't stopped others from coining in it.
And people are now even using the open-source model for hardware design and implementation. The only way is up, baby!
Finally, let's not forget Apple's open-source Darwin project. Kudos. If they did the same for the iPod the world, and the iPod, would be better for it.
Posted by Demosthenes on December 15, 2004 at 9:51 PM (CST)
"How dare you tell me what I should or should not buy. That is my choice to make, not yours, and similarly it is my choice as to how I can improve or modify that which I own. If that concept seems alien to you, if you truly believe you have no right to modify things in your possession, then you have nothing to lose but the chains in your mind that shackle you into compliant servile consumerism.
Posted by hokka in Sydney on December 15, 2004 at 11:48 PM (CST)
"I just spotted it was you, dear Hukka (sic), who wrote this earlier. MySQL gives their database away for free, yet sees revenues of hundreds of millions of dollars a year in support contracts. SUSE Linux, now part of Novell, brought them a change of $150m of profit in 2004 compared to their 2003 non-Linux revenue.
So just because *you* have not figured yet how to make money from open-source software, this hasn't stopped others from coining in it.
Posted by hokka in Sydney on December 16, 2004 at 12:01 AM (CST)
Why would I want to pay someone to "support
Posted by Demosthenes on December 16, 2004 at 7:40 AM (CST)
move to a 3rd world country and stop all your pain
I've seen Africa and Central America firsthand. Have you?
Posted by Demosthenes on December 16, 2004 at 7:41 AM (CST)
Demo -
"You know that's weird because last I heard, the Real thingy and the iPod worked nicely together… until Apple broke it."
If you mean the process of:
1. Downloading the song
2. Finding the song on your hard drive
3. Dragging the song over to your iPod via hard disk mode or dragging the song into iTunes
4. Resyncing your iPod.
Wow, that's really hand in hand.
iTMS to iPod.
1. Download the song.
2. Connect your iPod.
3. THERE'S NO STEP THREE!!! (Enter Jeff Goldblum).
"I still can't quite understand the point of claiming that denying the iPod the ability to play back a wider range of music and formats is a good thing."
Real's service is NOT A FORMAT, geez. It's a product they're trying to sell. Man almighty, take a business class and learn something. Apple makes money off of iTMS. Any service that directly works with the iPod steals sales away from the iTMS service. Again, this is why Real made Harmoney, TO MAKE MONEY.
The presumption you make is that the more services there are, the more iPods will be sold. This is not true. People buy the iPod because it's the iPod, not because they want to use a certain music service.
People think hardware first, service second. Why? Because the music service is NOT the most important thing. Why? Because people can get music from almost anywhere!
Here's how most people populate music on their iPods:
1) CD's
2) Free File Sharing
3) Music Service - iTMS
Music services are the third option. When someone goes to buy a iPod, they ask "So I can music from my CD's, right, and put it on here?" and "What about thousands of songs I already have from, well, elsewhere?" I highly doubt any person has decided not to buy an iPod because it didn't work with Real's service.
Posted by ipod21 on December 16, 2004 at 9:35 AM (CST)
that's really hand in hand.
Download, import, sync. How difficult is that for anyone except the mentally challenged? My favorite software automatically handles any download/updates and sync without active clicking, so for me it's a one-step, no-brainer process.
Real's service is NOT A FORMAT, geez. It's a product they're trying to sell.
And this is is different from all other formats, sorry services, how exactly?
Apple makes money off of iTMS.
There's some cognitive dissonance here. Some people say Apple makes lots of money from iTMS, hence the rivals. Others (like, for example, Steve Jobs) claim Apple makes little or no money from iTMS. They can't both be right. So either Apple is sitting on a gold mine, or a turkey. Which is it?
this is why Real made Harmoney, TO MAKE MONEY.
Of course this is true! Nobody would deny this. Why are you shouting? My contention is that when companies compete to make profits, we benefit. Do you deny this?
the music service is NOT the most important thing.
Again I agree with you. I have stated on many occasions that iTMS is not a primary driver for the iPod. iTMS is good for column inches and exciting journalists, and marketing, and it brings in some chump change, but in the end at the current stage it's mostly smoke and mirrors. Every month between 1 and 2 billion mp3s are traded on the p2p networks. Compared to this, the monthly downoloads from all the licensed music stores put together is a rounding error.
Posted by Demosthenes on December 16, 2004 at 9:52 AM (CST)
I highly doubt any person has decided not to buy an iPod because it didn't work with Real's service.
You're making a leap here. Just because something is no immediate utility when making a purchase decision, who is to say that it would not proive attractive afterwards? We've already established that Real offers AACs at higher quality and lower cost than Apple's store.
If Apple succeeds in locking out Real then the possibility of competitors to iTMS is removed for the near future.
But if Apple doesn't, then you can expect to see more and more competitors for iTMS emerge over the next few years. Instead of a single source of licensed downloads for the iPod we will have many. This can only be a good thing in terms of the availability of tunes, keeping costs low, and driving the quality higher. Having a vibrant ecosystem of music services available could and should provide a definite advantage for the iPod over the next few years.
Why can't you see this? It's really baffling to me. Do you understand the nature of competition? Monopolies are bad, m'kay?
Posted by Demosthenes on December 16, 2004 at 9:53 AM (CST)
From another iPL thread, "ipod21" said this:
Bring on "The Complete Beatles" or "Rolling Stones" and here comes 300 million… (tilts head, looks up to the sky, and dreams…)
Most of the Beatles discography is available on Real's Rhapsody service, and Real is also in contention (with Microsoft) for the the Beatles download rights. Apple seems to be out of the running because Apple and Apple Music have been pissing each other off for a generation now.
Anbd you still say you can't see any downside in Apple disabling the iPod's ability to play back AAC downloads purchased from Real?
So here we are - competition means that both the Rolling Stones and the Beatles are available from Real and not iTMS. And you still contend that more choice for iPod owners about where they can buy music from is a bad thing?
You said that CDs were the primary method of importing music to the iPod. If that is true for you, then do you limit yourself to a single chain of CD retailer?
What if you had bought a Sony Discman a few years ago and one of the license requirements was that you could only shop in Sony's own stores? That the cd player refused to play CDs bought in any other retailer?
If you can't see the analogy then you are a lot more obstinate than I give you credit for.
Posted by Demosthenes on December 16, 2004 at 11:33 AM (CST)
God, everybody argues about lack of "choice" with the iPod, yet there are hundreds of other mp3 players on the market. Just like in life, not one thing will satisfy everyone—so get over it.
Posted by narco in Burbank on December 17, 2004 at 2:10 PM (CST)
I don't really care about iTMS or any of that cr*p. 128 kbps is substandard anyway. All I need is EAC/LAME and my cd collection.
Posted by factor in Canada on December 24, 2004 at 7:31 AM (CST)
Is Real Networks working on freeing up the ipod photo?
Posted by crowpod on January 26, 2005 at 12:42 PM (CST)
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Supernatural: "I'm not a hero. I'm not strong enough."
Doctor Who: "I'm no hero. I really am just a madman in a box."
Sherlock: "Heroes don't exist, and if they did I wouldn't be one of them."
Merlin: "No need to be a hero, Merlin, it really doesn't suit you."
Iron Man 3: "Heroes. There is no such thing."
Avengers: "I still believe in heroes."


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The fourth season premiere of 'The Vampire Diaries' found Elena once again denying Damon's feelings for her — and I think I know why!
I get that Elena (Nina Dobrev) chose to be with Stefan (Paul Wesley) on The Vampire Diaries. I've made my peace with that. But here's my issue: Does choosing one brother mean she's obligated to be cold and insensitive to the other? Her argument with Damon (Ian Somerhalder) on the Oct. 11 season premiere was borderline nonsensical — an excellent lead-in to the vice-presidential debates — and begs to be examined more closely.
Sandwiched in between super-sappy Stefan scenes, Elena and Damon had a pretty tense confrontation outside of Pastor Young's house, in which she refused to acknowledge how much he really care about her.
Elena: "It was my choice to save [Matt]! Why aren't you seeing that?"
Damon: "It's a little hard to keep track of all your choices lately, Elena."
In Damon's defense, Elena has a history of making terrible choices. And I'm not hating on her for that — she was only human, after all — but I do have to wonder why she's messing with Damon's head like this. Their next exchange was even more puzzling.
Elena: "I remember everything. One of the highlights of my transition, remembering everything you compelled me to forget. Like how you and I met first. You were a stranger that told me you wanted me to get everything I wanted from life. Damon, why didn't you tell me?"
Damon: "Would it have made a difference? … I didn't think so."
Could Elena's signals be any more mixed? She asked Damon why he didn't tell her he met her first, in a tone that suggested it would have made difference, yet remained silent when Damon asked her point-blank if it would have mattered.
Here's my theory: Elena's cold approach to Damon is actually her way of covering up how she really feels. She made her choice to be with Stefan, but she still has feelings for Damon, and that scares her. He's the unpredictable, non-whipped brother — the one that will do whatever it takes to keep her safe, even if it goes against her wishes. Both Salvatores are hopelessly in love with Elena, but only one of them makes her feel like she's in control.
Damon ended the conversation with "Are we done here?" and although Elena didn't have answer for him, I sure do:
We're not done. Not by a long shot.
Watch Elena and Damon's confrontation below, then vote: Is it clear that she still loves him?
— Andy Swift
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Posted at 3:57 AM on October 14, 2012
Those SE shippers annoy the hell out of me lately. putting Damon down and making it look like he is the bad guy while stefan is a saint and he is so perfect for elena. they get mad when theres a DE moment but DE shippers put up with al the SE crap that went on and on the past seasons its time for DE to get a change to cause no one can deny that elena loves damon to. she just doesnt want to admit it. and i am not saying that all SE shippers are annoying dont get me wrong but a lot of them are and that really annoys me.elena annoys me to xd she has made some reaal bad decisions not listening to damon as usual.
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Nice job ignoring the fact that Elena said (which you misquoted) "I can't thing about always, just right now" about STEFAN and choosing Stefan, it had nothing to do with Damon. She said it to Damon because Damon repeated the "it's always going to be Stefan" quote. (And it couldn't be more obvious by now that it's not always going to be Stefan, but I digress…)
SE fans are the ones ignoring what Elena says. This was said in the S3 finale after she chose Stefan (which was made all about Damon btw), and after that DAMON got the reaction to Elena dying and not Stefan.
Elena has gone from "It's always going to be stefan" to "I can't think about always, just right now". 4.01 couldn't have been more a more obvious state of Elena denial if they had signs waving in the air with the word on them. Yes, she's convinced herself for now and thinks she's made the right choice in the premiere of S4. Of course this has to be correct because nothing ever changes throughout a show and characters are always upfront about everything, right? (sarcasm in case you didn't notice). Things change, people grow up. Look at what happened to Caroline. Bottom line is all your arguments are weak.
And Paul's name coming first has nothing to do with anything except the credits. Ian gets paid more, apparently. But neither matters. Bottom line? Nothing you said about Stelena invalidates Delena or a Delena endgame.
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Well in the article I read just go throught reading it didnt say he was an obastacle. Yes Nina is the highest paid. then Ian and then Paul. There are 2 main lead male actors Ian & Paul or Paul & Ian it doesnt matter does it? I just can't with you ppl..LOL always trying to one up.
Posted at 3:21 AM on October 14, 2012
Posted at 3:19 AM on October 14, 2012
No, they have not always said that. Just FYI, calling Stelena soulmates means nothing in KWs world. It doesn't matter whose name comes first in the credits, are you serious with this?? Ian is the highest paid actor from what I heard, not that it matters.
They said in I think it was the beginning of S2 that RIGHT NOW Damon was just the third point in the triangle while SE was the love story. Emphasis on NOW. Stop putting words in their mouth. Just because something is true in S1 or 2 does not mean it will be true of the whole show. It's pretty obvious where this season is leading and Damon is definitely no obstacle to their love. Elena's FEELINGS for Damon are, and that's a WHOLE different thing. She is still figuring out that she's in love with him. She hasn't seen it yet but she will one day. There's a reason she almost cried and was speechless when Damon gave her his speech in 4.01.
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LOL someone fudged with how much Nina makes I was looking at chacha ( should be nono)and someone added a couple of more digits to her pay.in. acording to forbes 2011 and I'm sure it hasnt changed Ian is the highest paid, then Nina , Paul.
See that is what I read too it's Elenas feelings for Damon that is more or less in the way of forever with Stefan. That scene when Elena was watching herself and Damon killed me..I was an emotional mess. I think Elena still doesnt know what love really is. And for some reason the other shippers dont seem to see Damon loves Elena deeply, would stop at nothing to make sure she lived her life fully.
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I read the hurdle is elenas feelings for damon. I think Delena won't really happen until season 6 they will tease everything under the sun. A few steamy moments here and there but nothing more.While she might not stay with Stefan the whole time, I think Elena will be on her own, but still have the bros standing at her side when needed and wanted. A few months back I read that JP said something about Elena will be stashing the compulsion memories and other insights about Damon into her little Damon encyclopedia (probably her diary).and something about Elena will see how Damon needs to be loved or how Damon deserves to be loved. I bookmarked it but whatdoyaknow it's comes up as page not found. Who knows with this show..shit gets leaked, deleted, wrote over and canned. It's one big freakin mystery and tbqh I really don't think they know where they are taking this storyline..cause JP rolls like that.
I understand why Elena is scared of her feelings for Damon. It would be scary to be 18 and have someone that Hot love me too lol.j/k He is very honest and doesnt candy coat anything and when your 18 I would assume the hard and serious stuff is difficult to understand. Its not about her feelings for him its about the passion and honesty of thier relationship; As soon as season 4 started all Stefan started with is not accepting the truth and trying to fix something that is unfixable. He has this undying hope of something that isnt realistic. It's like telling a child that bad tings dont happen and we never have to just deal with it and accept it for what it is. He's like a fairytale prince charming. This is a drama show and stefan tries to bring light in places its not supposed to be light and Damon has always wanted Elena to just accept it and learn to walk in the dark. Right now Elena is going to have to walk in the dark and Stefan is going to try but he just will not make it any easier. Damon will be the one who will lead her the right direction. Oh and the person(Nicki )who said he wasnt a main character………..What freakin show have you been watching???? The show depends on all its characters and they are all leads. Damon stefan and Elena and the MAIN leads. are you kidding me. Start watching season 1 again deary. who is in every episode? DAMON.ELENA.STEFAN
Posted at 10:44 AM on October 13, 2012
Well of course Damon and Elena continue to share some of the most honest, passionate, well-written scenes. That's how the TVD producers continue to string along the Delena fanbase that keeps this show on the air. Delena fans are tough, they hang in there and don't boycott episodes when they don't like what they see happening. They don't expect much at this point for their couple but they still have hope. If the show stopped handing out these crumbs, they'd finally give up and stop watching and the Stelena fans could finish up this final season, happy that their epic couple ended it together forever. As it is, this way TVD gets to keep both fanbases.
Until the very end. Because, it's painfully obvious that Delena is endgame. :D
Posted at 10:05 AM on October 13, 2012
The real difference b/w Damon and Stefan is that Stefan needs Elena to love him, he doesn't want Elena to think any less of him that's y he always accept her wishes even if they cause her death. I mean seriously?! Letting the 'love of ur life' die just because she asked u too is rediculously stupid. Damon always puts Elena's life n happiness first. He wanted her to have a normal happy life that she deserved, even if it wasn't with him. That is true unconditional love. Frankly I m not worried, Elena needs to spend this time with Stefan to realize that the stability n safety that he provides her isn't enough for her. She's in love with Damon, she'll admit it just give her some time n btw Elena told Stefan 'v can be together forever IF I WANT' she still isn't sure whether she wants to be Stefan's 'eternal mate' Y? Because she loves Damon
Posted at 9:00 AM on October 13, 2012
I'm going to remind everyone of the conversation Elena had with Damon via phone in the S3 finale:. She said that she never "un-fell" for Stefan….well, it stands to reason that if Damon "consumes" her, than those feelings just didn't go away because she chose Stefan, either. Time will tell how this plays out.
Posted at 8:42 AM on October 13, 2012
as much as i'm duying to see DELENA happen, Elena made it pretty clear she absolutely loves Stefan in this episode, so now, after 3 years i finally lost any hope i had. ALTHOUGH, having been a loyal fan of TVD and having watched so many tv series over the years, i have to think that maybe the writers did this on purpose? so it wouldn't be obvious that DE is endgame? i don't know..
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Elena never said that she "Loves" or "Loved" Damon. She has never said that, all she's said is that she has "feelings" for him. nice try. People tend to ignore what Elena says. "You were the best choice I've ever made." – Elena to Stefan (4×01) "I can't think about forever." – Elena to Damon.(not sure what episode.) "I'll be with you, Forever" – Elena to Stefan (4×01) …
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Posted at 1:17 AM on October 13, 2012
You might want to check your quotes. "I can't think about forever" was in 3.22 when she was talking to Damon about her and Stefan. She said she couldn't think about forever with Stefan, only about now. So, while your other quotes may support your argument, you might want to work on that one. The truth of the matter is that Elena plays both Damon and Stefan. She's wishy washy, immature, and annoying and frankly I would give just about anything for them to have Damon get completely over her and get a new love interest who can appreciate him and not his self-righteous little hypocrite of a brother. Elena and Stefan can have each other. Thankfully I have a mute button so I can just mute their saccharin teenage bullcrap and watch the parts of the show still worth watching.
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Yeah right, and you're probably on of these people that think Stefan is a perfect saint and knight in shining armour. Bias much too? You must of missed his lies, the hundreds of names on his wall, the bridge incident and not having the balls to put Elena first instead of a friend in a life and death situation which well, left her DEAD. How is he better?
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I think you hit it on the head with the 'control' part… Stefan does whatever she wants… Damon does what's best for her, putting her first always… I think the most telling part of the episode was when she admitted that she was ready to die. I don't think Stefan understood that… I think he will begin to question doing everything she wants because her motives are exactly clear to him anymore… just a hunch…
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actually stefan is the one that came around elena because of katherina,he loves the good version of katherina, damon fell in love with elena and loves her for Herself and has allways been honest with her, unlike Stefan. Elena loves the stefan that saved her and she thinks she is supposed to love him because like she said to matt , he makes her feel save,So while she loves Stefan She is in love with damon and is afraid to admit it.
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Great article Andy! This is exactely how I see it…ELENA IS IN LOVE with Damon no doubt about that and I hope she'll finally admit it to herself because the way she's treating him now is really starting to annoy the hell out of me. After everything he has done for her..Damon FU%^Ing deserves the truth. He deserves to be happy too and if Elena Can't be the one then it should be someone who truly loves him!
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Freshness: First and foremost freshness should always come first! First clue for freshness is the outer skin should be shiny and glossy and the second is that the top stem should be green and not brown.
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Boldin hauled in just two passes, but picked up a team-high 81 yards. Most of that came on a 76 yard scoring strike in the first quarter. Boldin managed to break free in the middle of the field as Colin Kaepernick scrambled to buy himself some time. Boldin caught the ball about 10 yards past the line of scrimmage, but managed to outrun the defense to the end zone for the score. He would catch a 5 yard pass to begin the second quarter, but that was it.
With the performance, Boldin went over 1,000 receiving yards for the sixth time in his career. He finished with 83 receptions for 1,062 yards and five touchdowns.
Boldin managed more than half of the team's receiving production Saturday, as the other San Francisco players combined for only 53 yards on eight receptions, though rookie Bruce Ellington did managed to catch a touchdown.
Boldin had his best performance since a nine-catch, 137-yard breakout in Week 12. He's racked up 81 receptions for 981 yards with four touchdowns going into a Week 17 matchup with the Cardinals, a team for which he played from 2003 to 2009. He'll be looking to secure his seventh career 1,000-yard performance in the season finale.
He's scheduled to play the Chargers on Saturday night. If Crabtree can't go, it could mean increased targets for fellow starter Anquan Boldin.
Boldin caught two passes, gaining 23 yards. The entire 49ers' receiving core had a tough time getting open during the contest. Boldin actually finished second on the team with four targets. He'll look for more Week 16 against the Chargers.
Boldin didn't have a strong game, but still finished second on the team with 54 receiving yards. He was one of the two options Colin Kaepernick could depend on, as Boldin received nine targets. San Francisco's offense had a tough time getting anything done, so the entire receiving core was left with lackluster performances.
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Protesters use a large slingshot to hurl a Molotov cocktail at police in central Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday.KIEV, Ukraine The chances of ending the violence that has convulsed the Ukrainian capital are high, a spokeswoman for a top opposition leader said late Thursday after a meeting with the president.
Olha Lappo, a spokeswoman for Arseniy Yatsenyuk, made the statement on his Facebook page Thursday after an hours-long meeting with President Viktor Yanukovych. That came after opposition leaders gave a Thursday evening deadline to make concessions or face renewed clashes.
She did not provide details, but the assessment appeared to be the first sign of progress in resolving the two-month crisis that is threatening to spread well beyond Kiev.
However, some protesters were resistant on Thursday night. Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko, one of those who met with Yanukovych, went to the site of clashes to try to persuade demonstrators to hold to an uneasy truce, but was booed and some cried Shame!
The demonstrators again set aflame barricades of tires that had been quenched when opposition leaders offered the deadline.
The clash site is a few hundred meters (yards) away from the protester tent camp on Independence Square, where around-the-clock demonstrations have been held since early December.
At least two people were killed by gunfire at the clash site on Wednesday. Demonstrators had pelted riot police with barrages of stones and set police buses on fire, while the officers responded with rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades.
Enraged protesters stormed government offices in three western Ukraine cities Thursday, forcing one governor to write a letter of resignation, as demonstrations intensified outside Kiev.
The president called a special session of parliament next week to discuss the tensions, telling the parliament speaker: The situation demands an urgent settlement. But there was no indication that the move represented a compromise, since the presidents backers hold a majority of seats.
The protests began after Yanukovych turned away from closer ties with the European Union in favor of getting a bailout loan from Russia. They turned violent this week after he pushed through harsh anti-protest laws, rejecting protesters demands that he resign and call new elections.
Support for Yanukovych is virtually non-existent in western Ukraine and most residents want closer ties to the 28-nation EU.
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Stories on President Obama's strategy-for-the-Islamic-State speech this evening have made it plain that the military approach is going to be a combination of U.S. airpower and various Iraqi and Syrian proxies on the ground. "Obama's ISIL Strategy to Emphasize Coalition Effort," headlines RealClearPolitics.
Since the administration repeatedly has drawn a "red line" on U.S. "boots on the ground," this comes as no surprise. But it will come at a cost, measured primarily in time but also perhaps in terms of mission failure. There are limits to what American airpower can achieve, particularly when applied in penny-packets and under operational constraints. And there are also lots of limits to what the on-the-ground members of any coalition can accomplish.
Since announcing its commitment to deal seriously with the Islamic State, the administration has steered well clear of anything that might carry the sulfurous smell of George Bush and Operation Iraqi Freedom. So whatever "air campaign" may unfold, it isn't going to be of the shock and awe variety. What we're likely to see is a continuous set of precision pinpricks delivered from drones, cruise missiles, or carrier aircraft. There will need to be "surges" of airpower in the event that Kurdish or Iraqi forces are in position to try to retake any of the urban areas held by IS forces – in the case of Mosul, a city of three-quarters of a million people, that would be a very substantial surge. It's not that there can be a carpet-bombing of IS positions; fear of collateral damage and civilian casualties would be high. But there would be a constant need for on-call fire support – and, for U.S. "advisers" to make those calls.
The requirements for airpower would metastasize were the campaign to include Syria, or, perhaps more properly, when it does. If carrier air were employed – and the Navy's F/A-18s would be the most flexible platforms for the job, at least until the Marines start using the F-35s they've got – covering both Iraq and Syria would probably require keeping a carrier in the Persian Gulf and one in the Mediterranean. That's really all the entire U.S. Navy could sustain over an extended period of time, and the administration has floated the prospect of a three-year campaign. So much for that "Pacific Pivot." And that's assuming there won't be a paralyzing paranoia about sending pilots into harm's way. Who remembers Scot O'Grady? The IS videographers surely do.
The on-the-ground, "coalition" order of battle is likewise limited. The most useful and powerful partner would be Turkey, but Secretary of State John Kerry got the brush-off from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the other day. To begin with, IS fighters nabbed a gaggle of Turkish diplomats (and, no doubt, intelligence operatives) when they seized Mosul, making the Turkish domestic politics of coalition participation even more delicate. More deeply, Erdogan's "neo-Ottoman" foreign policy, though a failure, has driven Turkey's strategy in the Syria war, providing a rationale for taking in an enormous number of refugees and keeping the border open to resupply Syrian rebels – including the rebels formerly known as ISIS.
The Iraqi Kurds and Sunni sheiks of western Iraq are more politically promising partners, if only because they have no place else to turn. Although both have been sold out by the United States before, they have most to gain by even an Obama-style recommitment. Alas, the pesh merga and the Anbari tribal militias are ill-prepared to conduct the kind of fight that defeating the IS forces would demand. It would take quite a while for them to acquire such firepower, mobility, mass or logistical ability to sustain operations. And, if they did get such capabilities, that would shift the military balance within Iraq.
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In an email this evening, a veteran publishing source calls the latest Hillary Clinton book, Hard Choices, a memoir of her State Department years, a "bomb." The source is referring to the early but underwhelming sales figures.
With attention focused on the situation in Crimea and the Ukraine, Iran has been less in the news of late. But it is still there, still dangerous. At the conclusion of a recent speech, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, former CENTCOM commander, was asked about Iran and current diplomatic efforts to prevent its becoming a nuclear power.
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Based on last week's debate, both President Obama and Governor Romney believe that squeezing the Iranians economically is the best way—and perhaps the only way—to end their nuclear-weapons program without resorting to a military strike. Of course, nobody knows if sanctions will actually work. But if the United States is truly serious about crushing Iran's economy, it must pursue a more aggressive strategy, and it must put more pressure on Iranian trading partners.
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Also, just for giggles and grins, lets have a 'solo mode' where any character might be able to break away from a group and establish contact with other groups more suitable to the players alter-ego.
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Read what other Viator.com travelers think about the Phuket Introduction City Sightseeing Tour. What they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved, it's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
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Pick up from Hotel was courteous and prompt. Our guide Woody had extensive knowledge of Phuket and had a great personality. Driver was good and mini van for pick up was in good condition. Didn't like Gem gallery as staff way too pushy and the same person follows you around the huge gallery the whole time you are there ! After Gem gallery we were herded into another mini van which was packed to capacity ( I think these vans are ownwd by the Gem gallery ? )
A very good half day trip with an excellent guide. The Kata view point is a fantastic photo opportunity.
This tour was much better than I had expected. I assumed that we'd just be taken around the city areas, but besides the city we went to beautiful beaches and a fantastic lookout. It was a very pleasant morning and our guide was once again excellent.
I have done several of these tours, and this was by far the best one I had been on . Our tour guide was excellent, very entertaining.
Lynette H
Great tour and definitely great value for money. This is a must when you go to Phuket.
.this tour is very helpful to get familiar with the whole island. The tour guide had a very responsible character
Excellent intro to Phuket. Very pleasant guide with good English skills. Went out of her way to get a 15-minute elephant trekking ride for our two children who accompanied us as opposed to the vendor's 30-min usual which would have held up our group too long. The gem factory tour was not a pressured experience and the prices were very good, having compared to dealers in Bangkok for fresh water pearls.
Francisco A
Very interesting.
Had a great time, this tour was really good, our tour guide was fantastic
Any time, any day I will recommend this trip through Viator. The tour guide was awesome and will definitely deal with Viator again. It gave a good glimpse of the Phuket island to us. May be the Cashew nut factory and the Gems factory can be removed from the itinerary as it is of less use for many. Thank You Viator and 2 Thumbs up for you!
Kerry M
We liked this tour as it basically took us around many parts of the island and visited a few lookouts with fantastic views and a few temples, and some stops near the temples. Last stop is also the Gem factory, not on the itinerary!
Anthony T
Great trip with a good guide and excellent value. A very good introduction to Phuket.
Andrew J
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Superb value for money.
Greg M
A great introductory tour of Thailand. We did this on our second day to get a feel for the country. Great English speaking guides and very polite. They could not do enough for us. Beware! All roads lead to the jewelery factory. Do not feel obligated to buy anything. The guides are given incentives to take you there but overall a great experience and a "must do" for the first time visitor.
CIndy D
This was a well organised and excellent value tour. Our guide spoke good English and was very informative, helpful and had a good sense of humour. The gem factory and cashew production tours were excellent. The vehicle was air-conditioned and comfortable, and the driver was professional. Very good intro and worth doing. We didn't get time to sit down and have a coffee or drink at the end, but that is because we spent sooo much time buying jewellery at the gem shop!!


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March 6, 2015
Okaloosa County Animal Services officials believe the person responsible for a series of grizzly animal abuse cases dating back to 2007 is back at it again.
The latest incidents happened yesterday when an Okaloosa County sheriff's deputies discovered a decapitated goat in Ft. Walton Beach. There have been a total of 11 mutilations and investigators could use your help solving these crimes.
Employees with Animal Services at Panhandle Animal Welfare Society are stumped by this latest act of animal abuse. The first time they saw this type of crime was August of 2007. Since then someone has decapitated 10 more goats and left the carcasses all over Ft. Walton Beach.
The most recent was discovered in a field at the intersection of Forest Heights and Tanager Road.
Tracy Saylor with P.A.W.S. said, "There was a black, small female pygmy goat with of course with her head cut laying right beside her."
P.A.W.S. officials had hoped the animal cruelty had finally stopped since it had been nearly five months since the last such instance, but Monday's findings renewed investigators' frustrations.
Dee Thompson with P.A.W.S. said, "When the officer called me it was like being hit with a brick. I mean, it was all starting all over again and we just feel so helpless."
Originally officials thought the beheadings were part of a series of sacrificial ritualistic killings, but now they aren't so sure.
The killer left evidence at Monday's crime scene that they didn't leave behind at the previous sites. Investigators hope those extra clues will help them solve these cases.
"That will go with forensics and they are looking for any matches to the last one that they did a complete investigation on."
Different law enforcement agencies are working together to solve these crimes. Officials say they will continue to investigate these cases until they can hold someone accountable.
Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest. If you think you can help, call Okaloosa County's Animal Services at 243-1525.
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