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Re: Minnesota Vikings movements
winfield is better at stopping the run than fred smoot, but fred is bigger and can cover receivers better than winfield.
the 5'11 200 pounds gives him a better chance than 5'9 180 pounds at covering receivers.
Remember when driver was killing us last year until we put smoot on him in the 2nd half of the game? he had like 1 catch for 3 yards after that.
everyone picks on smoot for most part on the love boat issue, but he has been solid in every game this year except for the peerless price td where he didnt even try to tackle him.
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"antoniopierce58" wrote:
cut fred smoot lmfao,
our best cover corner?
the 3rd best corner in our division?
I think not.
Not that I am arguing the general point, but isn't Winfield considered better than Smoot?
But, Smoot is a better cover cornerback.
I don't make the rules.
Re: Minnesota Vikings movements
"Gift" wrote:
Hutchinson & mcKinnie gave up a sacks, CUT THEM NOW!!!
Our DC gave up 2 touchdowns, FIRE HIM!!
The Dome makes injured people walk up steps, BURN IT DOWN!!!!
also, Billy McMullen only scored 2 tds today, when he should have had atleast 17. he was slacking! BENCH HIM!
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Center For American Progress Political Quiz: How Conservative or Progressive Are You?
Political Barometer: How Conservative or Progressive Are You?
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With over two-thirds of Americans favoring progressive ideals, America seems to be getting bluer by the year. We are center-left on government, the economy, and domestic politics, but a little less so on cultural and social issues, according to a 2009 survey.
Because there's nary a better way to define yourself than with a quiz, the Center For American Progress has 40 questions to measure how conservative or progressive you are. Zero is the most conservative, and the scale goes on up to 400, the most progressive.
America's average? 209.5. Now go take it and tell us where you land.
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4 years
My score was 360. I still don't understand how Liberal Democrats can be more progressive than progressives. This result does surprise me a little bit, I thought I was going to get 400.
5 years
Forty-one, baby!!!! Many of us agree that the questions were worded in ways that can be taken both ways. I probably would have been lower had that not been the case. I do believe 41 is now the lowest. I know that Reagan would be proud of me.
Carrie-Sue 5 years
67...*phew!* I was worried :)
kurniakasih 5 years
185. I didn't know I was a conservative until I took the quiz. LOL.
milosmommy 5 years
I got a 261. I was a little surprised it was so high, but it is true that I am left-leaning.
lilkimbo 5 years
I think I stated this earlier, but some people may have missed it. The map shows how much more blue a state has become since 2004. (Using the 2004 and 2008 presidential races, I believe.) It doesn't show how blue or red a state currently swings.
kasey009 5 years
64/400! I'm one of the lowest and most conservative :) yeah and that mostly blue map is all messed up. Not true at all
mydiadem 5 years
204/400, not too surprised.
MrsRachel 5 years
95/400 And proud of it!
jessy777 5 years
I completely agree with the above posts that this poll is completely loaded. It is like taking a Cosmo Quiz, based on the responses you know what score your answer will receive. It would be nice to find an unbiased poll that doesn't have a hidden agenda.
jessy777 5 years
265/400 - very progressive, which isn't a surprise. I am sure I can mark which questions lowered my score. I score more conservative on questions about big government and increased taxes everytime.
Michaelrcks 5 years
Somewhere around the 230-240 mark.
beavis667 5 years
Given that the other questions seemed to be loaded toward Bush foreign policy, I took that as the context. They don't necessarily have anything to do with being conservative or liberal. However, you make a good point that without explicitly putting these questions into a context, and using loaded words, you have a pretty bunk poll.
Grandpa 5 years
29. We should do whatever is necessary to protect America from terrorism, even if it means restricting civil liberties and engaging in some methods that some might consider torture. The question is without context. If you agree, I would ask, you can't be serious, 'what is 'serious". You mean for perfect security you would allow cameras in every room in every building and every home? Require all forms of communication go through a screening by a federal agency? Of course not. If you disagree, then I would ask you, having my bags inspected before I get on a plane , or get on a subway is an invasion of privacy. Do you really believe they should cease? One person could consider listening to Rush Limbaugh all day without respite torture, another a televangelist, another Jane Fonda. There is always some who will find something torture.
Grandpa 5 years
23. Talking to rogue nations such as Iran or with state sponsored terrorist groups is naive and only gives them legitimacy. It is loaded because it forces because the talking is not what gives the legitimacy, it is the level of the talks and the purpose. You have informal talks (plausible deniability), messages are exchanged between intermediaries at "low levels", the level moves up to the level of Secty of State, once you have a firm commitment from both sides, does the "talking' reach the presidential level. The question as written leaves you with the impression that if you agree you do not believe in any communication, yet. If folks disagree as I would, based on the above, some liberals would use the poll question to justify formal and even presidential meetings without a preagreed positive outcome. Look how the Russians embarrassed the president by publically turning down a letter from the president that linked stopping the building of anti missile missiles in eastern Europe to Russian cooperation in reining in Iran.
Grandpa 5 years
here is a neutral wording of : "2. The war in Iraq has proven that the US can't impose Democracy on other nations." Agree or disagree: 2. Given the time and the commitment the US can create the conditions that brings a democratic form of government where there was none before. Using the war in Iraq, and the word impose are loaded words.
ccpdm 5 years
75/400. And Texas is RED.
beavis667 5 years
2. The war in Iraq has proven that the US can't impose Democracy on other nations. How is that liberal or conservative? Is war a conservative value? Is Democracy a conservative value? Was Clinton sending troops to Kosovo a liberal move? This question has more to do with Bush's policies than liberalism or conservatism . Bush's conservativism started and ended with social policy. 23. Talking to rogue nations such as Iran or with state sponsored terrorist groups is naive and only gives them legitimacy. Again, how is this liberal or conservative? It was the Bush policy to ignore those groups, but that was his policy, and I don't see how that is liberal or conservative. This poll is more of a referendum on Bush than a gauge for conservative and liberal values. 29. We should do whatever is necessary to protect America from terrorism, even if it means restricting civil liberties and engaging in some methods that some might consider torture. Again, how does this determine whether you are conservative or liberal? If anything, conservatives *tend* to be constructionists. It was a Bush policy to engage in warrantless wiretaps that involved a non citizen with no rights under our Constitution, and an American whose liberties we trampled with that policy. Plenty of liberals want to take away our civil liberty to own guns for the sake of protection. I don't know any conservatives who think we should sacrifice liberty for safety. Bush's policy did, and too many of us give him a pass on that because he kept us safe. Whatever the case, that question is possibly the worst of all of them in clearly establishing someone as a conservative or liberal. Again, it's more of a referendum on Bush's policies which were socially conservative and fiscally liberal. I'm pretty sure my 7 year old son could come up with a more fair and accurate poll than this.
stephley 5 years
From people like Jim Cramer? The margin of difference is fairly insignificant.
hausfrau 5 years
"Center for American Progress".... to the left. :) Steph - I was looking at it in terms of the median. People who get their news from TV are closer to the median then those who don't.
beavis667 5 years
FWIW, I think that was very skewed to the left. One could hardly consider that poll credible, especially considering its sponsors. I mean really, Texas is blue? I know ND isn't blue. The Pew Research center's most recent poll results don't match "The Center for American Progress" (which makes me laugh). Here's a link: http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1042/winds-of-political-change-havent--shifted-publics-ideology-balance
beavis667 5 years
50/400 I make Rush Limbaugh blush.
smashedpotatoe13 5 years
178... not surprised :)
gidigirl 5 years
stephley 5 years
It's random to toss it out a comment without the numbers since there's so much information to look at. So here: "people who get their news and information from Internet sources and blogs (221.1) are more progressive than those who get their news from national or local television (203.4 and 209.6, respectively)." But the stats don't support the claim: "Its interesting that the people who get their news primarily from blogs are HEAVILY left while those who get it from TV are more in the middle." 221/400 hardly counts as heavily left compared to 203 -209/400. If 221 is heavily left, 400 would have to be 'so left it's right.'
hyzenthlay20 5 years
341 . . . not surprising at all!
vanilla19 5 years
214- kind of surprising, I thought I was more conservative...
Jessiebanana 5 years
Looking at that table Haus I was doomed from the start. African American/Latino, check. Woman, check. Post graduate education, check. Under 29, check. Raised Catholic, check. :p. Catholic churches are such moral pessimists.
Jessiebanana 5 years
331...Psssh and here I was thinking I was holding back. I clicked a lot of 5's on those not so black and white issues. I guess they got me with all the social and international questions :shrug:.
hausfrau 5 years
Once you're done taking the test you can click the link and it shows you info based on where other people scored. The people who scored more progressive said they get their news mainly from blogs and the INternet and those who scored more conservative said they get it from the TV. Its right there.
hausfrau 5 years
Huh Steph? That makes no sense. The info is on the graph. What are you trying to say?
BeachBarbie 5 years
Grandpa, I agree...and had the same thought, as I was reading the quize statements.
BeachBarbie 5 years
I got a 60. I'm way more conservative than I thought I was. Actually, I'm a Libertarian.
Grandpa 5 years
I found most of the questions too simplistic, and wording is such to maximize the blue over the red. i could take each of those questions and word them as to produce a red bias. The question on religion was particularly problematic. Who am I to tell someone who holds strong religious beliefs, that their theology is wrong?
hypnoticmix 5 years
275 here. I was actually very conservative on some answeres so I'm surprised I scored so high.
Cassandra57 5 years
Proud to be a red lady in a blue state...contrary by nature. Scored under 100, but Dave and haus have beaten me. Maybe the poll results will shift, as the conservatives get off work and have a little spare time over the weekend. ;)
emilymaraschino 5 years
271/400 - Very progressive, which I think is true but a lot of my answers could really have gone either way. I would have liked to give a 200 word answer for some rather than a degree of agreement.
genesisrocks 5 years
And I get my news from the papers btw
genesisrocks 5 years
323- extreme progressive. Haha! I'm not surprised at all
HaterTot 5 years
101. Only odd because I'm pretty Libertarian, but this quiz didn't account for that. Shocking.
killitded83 5 years
294. =]
stephley 5 years
Here on the thread, it's random.
hausfrau 5 years
No, not random comment, its on the graph.
stephley 5 years
"Its interesting that the people who get their news primarily from blogs are heavily left while those who get it from TV are more in the middle." No statistic: random comment.
lilkimbo 5 years
I can't either, haus. I will have to look at the stimulus one, though.
hausfrau 5 years
Tru Kim. I can't remember a poll that skewed conservative... Though I think there was one on the stimulus was close...
lilkimbo 5 years
I'm definitely not certain that there are lots of conservatives who either haven't taken the survey or haven't recorded their results. Basically every poll skews liberal at a similar rate. I think there are about the same number of liberal and conservative comments on any given post, but if you look back at the polls I would say we can be certain that more liberals tend to visit this site. Which makes sense, given the statistic haus stated about progressives being more likely to get their news from the internet than from traditional sources.
hausfrau 5 years
Hmm... yeah. It will be interesting to come back in a month or so when the thread's gone "cold" and see how that changes.
stephley 5 years
Not surprising, no. We can be certain that there are lots of conservatives on Sugar who either haven't taken the survey or haven't recorded their results. You all tend to come here very early or later in the day.
hausfrau 5 years
I guess I shouldn't be surprised but I still am.... Is no one else surprised that 44% of people responding to this poll came out extremely liberal? I mean, I know the demographics of Sugar sites but still...
lilkimbo 5 years
Interesting point, valancy. I also think it's important to note that the map shown doesn't show how red or blue a state is, it shows how much more red or blue the state became between 2004 and 2008.
valancyjane 5 years
I can't take the quiz ... my browser won't cooperate. But I'm betting I'll be between 300 and 350 when I do take it. As for how blue/red the country is – we're just coming off 8 years of a Republican president so I'm not surprised more people identify as blue. We're contrary like that. I'm always glad for more blue states but I would bet part of this is just a W backlash. As Obama's term continues we may swing back toward red.
zeze 5 years
Ha, I just made my sister take it, who always claims that I am harsh when it comes to issues of the poor and federal aid, and she scored 188!
MarinerMandy 5 years
Agreed, zeze! And actually on that one, I think some is appropriate, and some is unnecessary because it will regulate itself to a degree once we stop trying to control it...so is that half liberal, half conservative? Exactly, Steph...I am coming to the conclusion that nothing good comes out of thinking!
zeze 5 years
zeze 5 years
185/100 ... conservative, average score is 209.5 I think some of those questions are flawed though, like the ones about regulation of sex/violence on the Internet - I think the quiz treats it as liberal to agree, while one might agree because they favor small government.
Kimpossible 5 years
Mariner and Modus I felt the same way about many of the questions.
stephley 5 years
See where thinking gets you Mariner?!? Stuck in the middle of all of us. :)
em1282 5 years
316, nothing surprising here
MarinerMandy 5 years
222...I thought some of those questions where really poorly worded and I could really answer them the way I normally would because of that. I felt like they were really vague and could have been answered completely different ways if they were more specific.
geebers 5 years
315 - no surprise
kscincotta 5 years
339 - I knew I was progressive, but I didn't know I was so progressive!
wren1 5 years
321 Extremely progressive
bluesarahlou 5 years
305. I'm EXTREME! Am I the only one that thinks the word "extreme" is used a bit too much these days?
lilkimbo 5 years
115, no shocker there. (Although, I did pick the most liberal answer on one or two questions.)
stephley 5 years
Dang True, that's what I was going for! I'm gonna have to mug a rich person or something to feel good about myself again. :notworthy:
T-S 5 years
Hunh. I actually scored four hundred and one.
melizzle 5 years
141. No surprise.
Modus-Vivendi 5 years
179! Interesting. The bigger a scale is, the more confused I get. All my answers were between 3 and 7, because the statements are so general, there's so much room for different circumstances and exceptions.
ImJessica 5 years
304, extremely progressive. No surprise there.
CaterpillarGirl 5 years
very conservative but I knew that already.
elizabeth1689 5 years
92 extremely conservative not too surprised
Kimpossible 5 years
but for the record there were a few questions that I gave a 5 to because I didn't like the way it was worded. I did have some 0's and 1's and I think one 9, no 10's though.
Kimpossible 5 years
181/400 conservative.
hausfrau 5 years
Steph - I love that you're just as liberal as I am conservative. That explains a lot! :)
liliblu 5 years
Extremly Progressive and proud of it.
Roarman 5 years
I would think age plays into that Haus. Older people tend to still watch the nightly news broadcasts and not so much get their news from the computer.
hausfrau 5 years
Or the predominance of Baptists in southern/mmidwester areas vs. Catholics in more "blue" areas.
hausfrau 5 years
Surprising that Catholics got 210! but Baptists are 196. I wonder if that has to do with the predominance of Latinos in Catholcism.
hausfrau 5 years
Its interesting that the people who get their news primarily from blogs are heavily left while those who get it from TV are more in the middle. Though I wonder if that has to do with age as well.
Roarman 5 years
319, "Extremely Progressive"
hausfrau 5 years
awww dave you beat me!
hausfrau 5 years
Well looks like I've got the lowest number so far... 86! I think its because I did a lot of 10s and 0s. I like yes or no. :) Mich that one stood out to me too!! I laughed out loud.
UnDave35 5 years
81. Like Much said, I don't think there are any surprises here.
tiabia 5 years
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KadBunny 5 years
305. No surprise. But lmao omg 360!! Does it say "really effing progressive"? :P That's awesome.
honeycreepshow 5 years
360, holy bejeebus!!
Antioxidant 5 years
308, no surprise here.
starangel82 5 years
231. Actually I'm a little surprised.
organicsugr 5 years
103. I'm more conservative than conservatives. Not surprised.
Candybee 5 years
334. This makes me EXTREMELY PROGESSIVE. No news there!
bigestivediscuit 5 years
306, "extremely progressive" - though I've taken a lot of quizzes like this before, so it's nothing really new.
Michelann 5 years
"Rich people like to believe they have made it on their own, but in reality society has contributed greatly to their wealth". Hahah, Center for American Progress, your slip is showing...
Michelann 5 years
168/400. Which makes me conservative, but we already knew that. I think I would have been far more 'conservative' if the quiz didn't consider it 'progressive' to want America to stay out of the business of other countries. I'm also guessing that they think it's 'conservative' to believe it's unpatriotic to criticize leaders during wartime. But that's not conservative or progressive, that's just stupid.
bellaressa 5 years
234/400 -- Wow, I'm progressive. Very interesting quiz. Thanks Citizen.
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ALBANY, GA (WALB) – A South Albany family is taking a stand against crime in their neighborhood after thieves broke into their home last week. They're offering a cash reward to catch the crooks. Angela Law and her husband came home from work to find their house broken into and ransacked last Wednesday.
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"They kicked this door in right here," Angela Law said. "This is the part they kicked in. And knocked this off right here."After their first home was broken into in May, the Laws moved into this house with burglar bars, beefed up the alarm system, but crooks still broke in. And Law says she's mad.
"Stupidity. Unemployed, don't have anything else to do but target the hard working people like me and my husband."
The thieves stole the family's TV, but even more meaningful to them, the Wii game and piggy bank with money that 9-year-old Alexis Law earned by making good grades.
"We got our piggy bank," Alexis Law said. "It had money we could use to get certain things we need. They took our Wii game, which is our family Wii game that we usually play with."So Angela and Alexis have been putting out reward posters in mailboxes and stores around the neighborhood, asking for information to lock the crooks up. "I really want us to know who it is, so we can get our stuff back," Alexis Law said. "I would like these criminals off the streets, so they won't go in nobody's neighborhood. Because there have been a lot of burglaries in this neighborhood."
Albany Police say they welcome the Law's crime fighting help. "A lot of people I can say are fed up with becoming victims of crime. So they are extending out, and wanting to assist the Albany Police as best as they can," said Albany Police Spokesperson Phyllis Banks Whitley.Law is offering half of her paycheck to anyone with information, to catch the crooks who broke into their home, because she is fed up with crime. Burglaries have increased in Albany. In February 2009 there were 74 burglaries. In February this year there were 113. So the police welcome rewards, because they know offering money for information works. If you have any information about the break-in at the Law's home on Tremont Avenue, call Albany Police at 229-431-2100 and you could get the reward.
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Breaking the Sound Barrier
High-resolution audio takes your sound system supersonic. We test the best disc players and fight the format war.
Steve Morgenstern
From the Print Edition:
Alec Baldwin, May/June 2004
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format offers the music you enjoy. Inevitably, there will be discs in each flavor that appeal. You could buy separate SACD and DVD-A players, but there's a much more elegant solution: a single player that handles both SACDs and DVD-A discs (along with DVD movies and standard audio CDs). At least 17 manufacturers offer players that handle both formats with equal aplomb and, while many are priced in the audiophile $1,000-plus range, we're also starting to see units at prices even lowly journalists can afford.
If you're serious about your audio gear, I especially recommend the combination players from Denon, Pioneer and Marantz. For simplicity's sake, you can't beat the Pioneer DV59-AVi ($1,600) paired with its VSX-59TXi receiver ($4,500)—a single FireWire cable sends SACD and DVD-Audio data between the two components, allowing easy setup for bass management and speaker output balancing. Pairing Denon's DVD-5900 ($2,000) with its AVR-5803 receiver ($4,400) lets you send DVD-A digitally using the company's proprietary single-cable connection, but you will need to connect six separate cables (one for each audio channel) for SACD output. The Denon does involve more cabling, but the important point is that you,ll still have full audio output control through the receiver. With most high-res audio setups, you have to make bass management and speaker output settings twice: first on the receiver, then again on the SACD/DVD-A player.
Of course, if you're going to use a single player for both audio and DVD movies, the quality of the movie playback is another essential consideration. The Marantz DV8400 ($1,699) offers superb audio performance and also incorporates DVI output, a direct digital connection to your high-definition display that provides the sharpest possible video images.
While it's fun hanging around the high end, I have to say that it's the affordable combo players that really excite me at this point. Pioneer led the way here with its DV563A, a high-performance model that lists at $249 and can found for as little as $149. Toshiba recently announced it was coming out with two inexpensive combo players, the single-disc SD-4960 ($180), due to arrive in June, and the five-disc changer SD-6915 ($200), scheduled for a May introduction. No, we're not talking a $39 Wal-Mart DVD movie player here, but these combo units are certainly affordable and flexible enough to be compelling purchases. And as player prices fall, music publishers have more incentive to release more discs, which in turn makes buying a player more enticing, and so on and so on.
If you're just starting out with surround sound, consider a convenient home-theater-in-a-box (HTIB) system. With HTIB all you have to add is the display—the receiver/amplifier plus all the speakers and wiring are included. While audio snobs may still thumb their noses at this approach, there are distinct advantages, not only in convenience but in having a full set of components professionally matched to work well together. And we're not talking second-rate gear here. Klipsch has announced a primo system that will ship this year, the KES-6100-THX, includes a "control center" with a built-in receiver/amp and universal DVD player, plus six satellite speakers and a big honking subwoofer. The company has even thrown in Monster cables for system hookup—but then again, with a $4,000 price tag, throwing in the speaker wire seems fair.
For a more affordable receiver/universal DVD player solution (albeit minus the speakers), Sharp is introducing its SD-HX600 system ($1,499), a strikingly modern-looking anodized aluminium and plexiglass concoction featuring the company's impressive 1-Bit amplification system. If you want the whole enchilada—receiver, universal DVD, speakers—Pioneer will deliver three new HTIB systems between May and July, ranging in price from $600 to $1,400 (the $1,400 HTZ-950 includes flat-panel speakers), all with built-in
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Meanwhile, Outside the Living Room…
For most of us, the time we spend listening to music on our stereo systems is a small part of the time we spend listening to music. When it comes to enjoying the full effect of DVD-A and SACD audio without a rack full of audio gear, the choices are limited.
For drive-time listening, only DVD-Audio players are currently available; the easiest way to get one is to buy a 2004 Acura TL, which is the first car to incorporate a factory-installed DVD-Audio surround system as standard equipment. The audio system, designed by the famed producer/audio engineer Elliott Scheiner and built by Panasonic, includes an in-dash radio with a built-in six-disc DVD-Audio/CD changer as well as eight speakers.
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After the unveiling of a war memorial to the Welsh soldiers who lost their lives in the First World War, Eryl Crump looks at its signifcance
As North Wales turned out the lights in to mark the centenary of the start of World War I, Jo Henwood headed up Moel Famau
The A55 keeps North Wales moving and politicians must make certain this happens, whatever the weather
Former education chief Siân Gwenllian has taken up the fight for 'free or cheap' school transport for children from disadvantaged areas
Judith Phillips dishes up criticism to banks which, by closing branches, are leaving the local tourism trade in the lurch
The announcement that a series of North Wales projects are to benefit from £36m in Welsh Government support will give a tremendous lift to the morale of the affected communities.
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Like with many other commodities appliance technology is constantly improving. Years ago, you had to spend big bucks to get the innovative features. Today, most appliance brands produce a warming drawer and an induction cooking product, and almost every oven has convection and self-cleaning. For gas ranges, every range has at least one power burner equivalent to an expensive professional range.
For many families, making the decision to purchase a new kitchen is an enormous one. It requires both a financial and time commitment. Fortunately, affordable luxury brands produce compelling products with cutting edge features at a more affordable price. What once was a $5,000-$7,000 dollar refrigerator is now a $3,500-$7,000 appliance package of stove, microwave, dishwasher and refrigerator.
Following are the 5 best affordable luxury brands for people who still want good looking, yet functional appliances at a decent price.
The 5 Best Affordable Luxury Appliance Brands
5. KitchenAid
A well recognized brand in the appliance industry and is one of the Whirlpool Corporation's premium brands. I still like this brand, but KitchenAid has been unfocused for the last 10 years. They still have great counter depth refrigerators and dishwashers, but need innovation in the cooking segment.
Value Kitchen Package - KitchenAid Double Oven Package $4,349 after rebates - View Details
KBFS25EWMS, French Door Refrigerator
KERS505XSS, Double-Oven Freestanding Range
KHMS2040BSS, Over-the-Range Microwave
KUDS30IXSS, Dishwasher with stainless steel tub
Premium Kitchen Package - KitchenAid Induction Package $4,699 after rebates - View Details
KBFS25EWMS, French Door Refrigerator
KIRS608BSS, Freestanding Induction Range
KUDS30IXSS, Dishwasher with stainless steel tub
KHMS2040BSS, Over-the-Range Microwave
4. Electrolux
Electrolux is a new brand in the US, yet is the number 1 brand around the world. They are very strong in cooking with innovative, easy to use cooking modes and have good induction offerings as well. Their achilles is dishwashers and their past issues with refrigerator reliability. They also need more models at lower prices.
Value Kitchen Package - Electrolux Entry Package $3,999 after rebates - View Details
EI26SS30JS, Side-By-Side Refrigerator
EI30EF35JS, Freestanding Range
EI30BM60MS, Over-the-Range Microwave
EIDW5705PS, Dishwasher
Premium Kitchen Package - Electrolux Induction Package $7,729 after rebates - View Details
EW23BC85KS, French Door Counter Depth Refrigerator
EW30IS65JS, Slide-In Induction Range
EIDW5705PS, Dishwasher
EI30BM60MS, Over-the-Range Microwave
3. Frigidaire Gallery and Gallery Pro
Surprised? Don't be. Frigidaire was the first company to manufacture an affordable stainless steel product. With the addition of French doors, their packages offer good styling and great value with excellent reliability.
Value Kitchen Package - Frigidaire Gallery Package $1,999 after rebates - View Details
FGHT1832PF, Top Mount Refrigerator
DGEF3041KF, Freestanding Range
FGMV174KF, Over-the-Range Microwave
DGBD2438PF, Dishwasher with plastic tub
Premium Kitchen Package - Frigidaire French Door Counter Depth Package $3,349 after rebates - View Details
DGHF2360PF, French Door Counter Depth Refrigerator
DGEF3041KF, Freestanding Range
FGHD2465NF, Dishwasher with plastic tub
FGMV174KF, Over-the-Range Microwave
2. Bosch
Perhaps the original affordable luxury brand. They were the first to understand style and also quiet, which has enabled them to sell tons of dishwashers. Now they need to understand how to manufacture a French door counter depth refrigerator.
Their newest series, Bosch Benchmark, will improve their cooking products significantly.
Value Kitchen Package - Bosch 300 Series Package $3,799 after rebates - View Details
B22CS30SNS, Counter Depth Side-By-Side Refrigerator
HES3053U, Freestanding Range
HMV3051U, Over-the-Range Microwave
SHE53TL5UC, Dishwasher with stainless steel tub
Premium Kitchen Package - Bosch 800 Series Built-In $10,699 after rebates
B26FT70SNS, French Door Refrigerator
NIT8665UC, Induction Cooktop
HBL8650UC, Double Wall Oven
SHX68TL5UC, Dishwasher with stainless steel tub
DKE9665PUC, Range Hood
1. Jenn-Air
Jenn-Air was an early pioneer of convection and cooking. Whirlpool recently invested 300 million dollars into the brand. Their pro range is compelling, especially with their free dishwasher promotion. It's actually cheaper than every slide-in range when factoring in the promotion.
Their slide-in package at $5,000 includes a slide-in range with convection and warming drawer. You also have a convection microwave, so you have two ovens and a warming drawer for cooking. Also included is an integrated dishwasher and counter depth French door refrigerator.
Value Kitchen Package - Jenn-Air Slide-In Package $4,669 after rebates - View Details
JFC2089WEM, French Door Refrigerator
JES8850CAS, Slide-In Range
JMV8208WS, Over-the-Range Microwave
JDB8000AWS, Dishwasher with stainless steel tub
Premium Kitchen Package - Jenn-Air Built-In Induction Package $7,766 after rebates - View Details
JFC2089WEM, French Door Refrigerator
JIC4430XS, 30'' Induction Cooktop
JJW2730WS, Double Wall Oven
JDB8200AWS, Dishwasher with stainless steel tub
Once again, you can buy really good appliances and not spend $20,000
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The man accused of murdering a Gering toddler back in 2008 has been approved for new legal council.
27-year-old Dustin Chauncey's request that the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy be appointed to represent him was granted by Judge Leo Dobrovolny this afternoon.
Jim Mowbray- Chief Council for the Commission said that he would be able to take Chauncey's case.
Chauncey claims the public defender's office has too many cases to give his case adequate time and representation.
Prosecuting Attorney Jim Zimmerman says he wants to keep this case moving, and left it up to the judge on whether or not to approve the reappointment.
Judge Dobrovolny does not think that this case will be heard until at least June, 2014. Chauncey told the judge, "I would be fine with that."
Chauncey is charged with manslaughter and intentional child abuse causing death. The charges follow a January Grand Jury indictment relating to the murder of two year old Juliette Geurts.


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Baby goats and calves lounge on straw in a petting zoo while wolves and black bears frolic just yards away. It's not a radical experiment in natural selection, though; it's just part of the varied attractions at Charmingfare Farm. After taking in the entire zoo?from pigs to camels?guests can avail themselves of such diversions as trail rides atop one of the farm's friendly horses. Horse-drawn hayrides and sleigh ride socials culminate in a stop at a roaring bonfire where guests can cook all the hotdogs and 'smores they've captured in the wild.
Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts began as a high school. Built in 1929, the town's first steel-beamed building was filled with bright young minds for more than half a century. But when the school outgrew its building, it moved, and set the stage for for the structure's second life. Emerson Umbrella's group of founding volunteers created a community-arts center that saved the building from demolition while also sticking to its original spirit, ensuring it be used for education. Today, owned by the town and managed by Emerson Umbrella, the center hosts studio space for more than 50 artists, workshops and classes for kids and grown-ups, a performance space for arts events of all disciplines, and just as many standardized biology tests.
A maze of megalithic chambers and hallways made by man more than 4,000 years ago nestles into the snow- or moss-covered woods at America?s Stonehenge. Guests meander along a trail, marveling at one of the oldest constructions in the United States, complete with inscriptions, eating areas, and evidence of prehistoric art classes. Explorers delve into Stonehenge's history, learning about its use as an accurately aligned astronomical calendar, its role in the Underground Railroad, and the theories about who actually built it. Nearby, eight fuzz balls graze in the alpaca habitat, offering up skeins of yarn spun from their fluffy locks. Winter months coat the site's 105 sprawling acres with crunchy layers of snow, perfect for adventurous snowshoe outings or piggybacking on a snowman.
An FAA-approved helicopter-flight tour operator, North Andover Flight Academy employs five licensed instructors with combined flight and teaching experience that numbers in the thousands of hours. Fledgling aviators can begin their aeronautical journeys at Lawrence and Marlboro Airports, which serve as home bases for services that range from tours and photography flights to full pilot-certification courses and agricultural applications. The team commands a fleet of six Robinson helicopters, including one R44 and five R22s, and keeps Robinson factory-trained mechanics on staff to ensure their safe operation and to ice down their blades after particularly vigorous training flights.
Housed within the antiquated Amos Blanchard House and Barn Museum, the Andover Historical Society preserves artifacts and archival records from Andover's storied 350-year history. Within the more-than-100-year-old building, visitors can experience what it was like to live as a middle-class family in the early 19th century or peruse the vast library archives. The society also hosts events within the community, including the seasonal Tree Time display and lectures on the town's history.
When a Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence was found in 1985 inside a historic Exeter house, the founders of the American Independence Museum knew they needed a special space to show off the amazing discovery. Today, their dream is manifested in the form of the museum, which is made up of the 18th century Ladd-Gilman House, Folsom Tavern, and an acre of land in downtown Exeter. The history museum is dedicated to the men and women of revolutionary America, from the signers of the Declaration to ordinary families who played large roles in the revolution. Here, visitors can take tours and check out historic documents relating to the birth of America, as well as view early American furnishings and household goods.


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GREEN VALLEY (WVVA) - Crews continued to battle a brush fire that rekindled near Route 460 in Mercer County Thursday.
Officials with the Green Valley-Glenwood Fire Department tell WVVA News that approximately 30 acres have been burned so far.
Crews are creating fire lines in the hope the fire will burn out.
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I read this quote today:
"If there is positive male experience in her early years, she is going to do much better.… That's the power of a dad." — Dr. Meg Meeker
It made me think about my relationship with my father and how it influenced me. So for Father's Day, a collage of memories about my father. He died 11 years ago but his larger-than-life presence still holds sway in my life because fathers matter to daughters, even though he wasn't a great father. Sometimes, in fact, he was a downright terrible father. When I was in my 20s, he used to kind of try to pimp me out – but this was when his alcoholism had begun to effect his mind. One time he gave my phone number to a man who worked for him – a creepy, revolting, nerdy gross-out of a cigar-smoking man – who was in his late 30s! – just because this freak had attended Harvard.
That was my father's only filter.
Loser + BUT he attended Harvard = must be good enough for my daughter
This person actually called me. I remember picking up the phone and saying:"But…how did you get my phone number?" When he said, "Your dad gave it to me," the palpable feeling of betrayal, disgust, and vulnerability I felt was off-the-charts. A father's main role is to protect his daughter, not to pimp her out to the nearest Harvard graduate.
As his daughter, I always felt unprotected. I was unprotected. I was put in so many overtly dangerous situations, and constantly surrounded by so many of his lower companions that it is miraculous that nothing ever happened to me. My parents were close friends were this bizarre couple, Madge (a doormat) and John (abusive dictator). They had four children – four very fucked up children, and we had to hang out with them on the occasions that our parents socialized, aka when they drank. We would be left outside in the car in the dark, and the sister would start up her parent's cars and turn on the headlights and pretend she was going to ram into us. This terrified me. Looking back, there was never any adult supervision – my father never came out to our rescue, and the idea of asking him to help us never once occurred to me. As a parent – this just blows. my. mind.
No wonder I was a weird child, a bed wetter, obsessively terrified of molecules.
I later discovered that the brother had raped this girl when she was 15. My mother told me when I was twenty-something, after he had gone to prison. We continued to socialize with this family. The doormat mom – who was also my sister's godmother (can you believe it?) – never reported the rape to the police as far as I know. The rapist brother grew up to become an imprisoned convicted pedophile – just another in a long line of weirdos my parents knew. Another one of the brothers became a drug dealer and the family's dysfunction skyrocketed while simultaneously they had become ostentatiously wealthy. I'm sure my parents knew something illegal was going on, there were trained Rottweilers in the yard, a Rolls Royce, ridiculous mansions, but my parents looked the other way. After Rufus went to prison I found a chest full of one hundred dollar bills in our guest room closet. When I asked my mom about it, she said she was "storing it for Rufus while he was 'away'" and that it was his children's "college fund."
Side note: his sons ended up attending Exeter and then of course, Harvard. All paid for with drug money. I swear to God my kids are not going to go to Harvard if I have anything to do with it! Ha!
Anyway, when I was about 14 they were all at our house and we needed to go to the airport to pick someone up. I was allowed to go in the car with this convicted pedophile to the airport. Alone. (Okay, this was years before my mom knew about the rape and the pedophilia, but still – he was creepy and I sure wouldn't let my 14-year-old daughter get into a car with him.)
He was high on cocaine, and speeding, and thankfully nothing happened – I was not raped or molested, and we didn't have a car crash. As a mom though, I just think of all of this – a constellation of dysfunction, a Grand Canyon of potential harm that could come to a 14-year-old child – alone with a man who had raped his own sister, was high on cocaine, and would spend much of the rest of his life in prison for being a pedophile – yet my parents never once thought I might be in danger. I am hoping that my mother's ditziness was simply a side effect of her alcoholism, but trying to figure that out – what part is the real person, what part is the alcoholism – is like trying to separate out the ingredients from cake batter after you've already mixed it. Impossible.
A few years later, Rufus the drug dealing brother (who was actually the most normal of all of them) was caught with a boat full of marijuana, convicted, and sent to Federal Prison for a lot of years, and the pedophile also went to prison. The other brother got sober, and the sister keeps trying to friend me on Facebook. No, thanks! The only "good" thing about this family is that because it was way more dysfunctional than ours, it made our family look normal in comparison – which was unusual for us.
When I was seventeen I had my first serious relationship. My parents never gave me any information or guidance to do with love or sex or any of that – maybe it was because they were alcoholics so they were used to communicating through what was unsaid, or through gossip or innuendo – but for whatever reason the only guidance my father ever gave me was to tell me, and I shit you not: "All men are dogs, and all women are bitches. Remember that, Kiddo, and you'll be alright."
That was it. Those crappy, seedy words of 'wisdom' were all I had to go on, and I knew they were nothing. So when my boyfriend and I hit the six-month mark, my father simply stopped speaking to him. He wouldn't speak to him for a year (even though he ended up going to Harvard! Ha!). I don't know – maybe that was his way of trying to protect me.
Things progressed, time passed, I grew up and started getting Jungian psychotherapy, my dad's alcoholism worsened (as it does). I moved about as far away from home as possible – to Ireland, and things were immediately better. On the flight out I sat beside a man from Spain who marveled at me, a young woman, being rootless and brave enough to pack up her life and just move to a totally new country, far away from her family, just like that. He spent a long time explaining to me how he could never leave his home town, his parents and grandparents, all the people who knew him since he was a child, the places he knew. I spent a long time explaining to him that although I envied him his rootedness, I needed to flee what I knew in order to find myself.
I lived in Ireland for five years and met my husband. My father came to Dublin to celebrate our engagement, and we took him to a local pub. I knew my father adored my fiance, and was so-so-so happy we were getting married – but despite this, at the pub a man actually went up to my father and asked if he knew my phone number. This is as we are celebrating my engagement, mind you! I mean – how messed up is this: my father scribbles my phone number on a napkin and gave this drunk stranger my number! Right in front of my fiance!
The thing about my husband is he got it immediately, he understood that my alcoholic father was not in his right mind and was trying in a twisted way to test him, to see if he would run away or get pissed off or who knows what. But he didn't. He just rolled his eyes and put his arm around me…protectively.
As I was growing up I felt terribly unprotected by my father, and had to find my way through my own vulnerabilities not with any wisdom or guidance that most people get from their parents, but just by feeling my way blindly through the dark. Learning as I went along.
When I was in college I was living at home with my parents during one summer and waiting tables to pay for my college tuition. I came home from work and as usual there were strangers gathered in the house – one of them was wearing a blue short-sleeved gas station mechanic's shirt. I remember going into my bedroom and dumping out all of my tips from my apron onto my bed – about $120 in dollar bills – and then went to wash up. For some reason – a feeling I had – I returned suddenly to my bedroom to find the mechanic guy standing near my bed, just about to grab the money off of it. When he saw me, he left my room without saying anything. I don't remember if I told my parents what he was about to do or not – but if I had, the chances of them asking him to leave (which he did) were 50/50, because I was not in a safe environment. We did not have locks on any of our doors, and our front door never even had a key, but worse: I was unprotected. A calamity waiting to happen.
I started having terrible nightmares about being chased by a dark force, and when I finally went to therapy and made the connection that my family was not a safe place for me to be, the dark force in my dreams became clearer until finally they became a man wearing a blue gas station mechanic's shirt. I think, looking back, that the mechanic was a metaphor for a young girl not feeling protected by her father. Anyway after some excellent therapy I was finally able to confront the man in my dream – and chase him away.
So anyhoo, tonight our 11-year-old daughter went off to a slumber party. We have not really let our kids have many sleepovers, but this was at the house of a classmate of hers that she has known for years. Still, my husband – maybe because he's from Ireland, I don't know – is wary of sleepovers, of having his daughter out of the house where she is out of his reach to protect her. So he took her aside and gave her a long, fatherly lecture – it included what to do if there is a teen boy, someone's cousin perhaps, who wants to crash in the room (call Daddy to come pick you up), what to do if she gets scared (call Daddy – doesn't matter if it's 1 AM or 4 AM, he said, "I will jump in my car and come get you, you just say the word,"), what to do in the event of a fire or other emergency, what to do if the movie they are watching is scary, what to do if other kids misbehave or get wild and do things like cross the street without an adult or play hide and seek out in the dark…he thought of everything.
He was being protective of his little girl. And my heart grew four sizes sitting there watching it.
Watching our daughter sit close beside her father and listen to him, watching as she pretended to roll her eyes at him when she knew all of it mattered, his attention and care for her matters, his words matter…I marveled at the cocoon of safety she is surrounded by, with a caring, present, kind, strong, non-alcoholic father who is fiercely, unapologetically protective of his daughters. I can see that not only does she understand that he is protective of her, she basks in that protectiveness. It fills her. That's the power of a father.
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As a Seahawks' fan or as a fan of Seattle sports in general, it's easy to get a little depressed about our plight. Outside of our beloved Sounders and Seattle Storm WNBA championship teams, Seattle's other major sports teams have been without Championship titles, rings, belts, ... uh, trophies.. or anything for a long time. A long, long time. But, not all is lost. The future remains bright. In what will become a weekly series to look forward to, I'm going to give you a reason to be happy you're a Seahawks fan.
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Windows phone 8 is more beautiful then windows 8
I've been using windows phone 7 and as soon as the grey lumia 920 came to france I will be using windows phone 8, I love the UI. I don't find anything wrong in the design. But I don't think I can say the same for windows 8, I think that the desktop is much better then windows 7 in term of reactivity, visual dynamismi (i must remark that a lot of people still use the old windows nt theme on windows 7 when it came to production so im ok with that part) but, even if I love the tiles,( im ok with that too) they are some details that i really dont like:
what are those ugly tribal wallpaper, its a total non sence, i dont see there utility even if i understand that its a step between the traditionnal wallpaper and no wallpaper at all, but i cant imagine that there is the same art direction between the 2 platform
gradients, same problem here, why?
Charms: im ok with them i think they are awesome, i just dont like their design, seems a other design language.
I dont know if the genius zune team still there, but it term of aesthetics, they should rule a bit more the company.
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I hope Heisman voters see this and pay attention. Tech fans are grumbling in the comments section, but I suppose you can't blame them. They don't seem to appreciate that the DMN names Leach coach of the year. Besides Colt, only two other Horns named to the first team -- Orakpo (no surprise) and Shipley (yes!).
Nice argument for the Heisman:
The bottom line: McCoy did as much for his team as any offensive player in the Big 12 – or the country. Here are three of several numbers that back up the argument:
• McCoy accounted for 70.3 percent of the Texas offense.
• With his completion percentage of 77.6, McCoy could break Daunte Culpepper's Bowl Subdivision mark of 73.6 in 1998.
• He's one of just seven players in the Bowl Subdivision to lead his team in rushing and passing this season.


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Ham Slice with Pineapple-Orange Sauce Recipe
A juicy ham slice is just as tasty as a whole ham, and it's easier and faster to prepare. Plus, topped with golden pineapple sauce, this dish is so elegant on the table.
- 1 fully cooked ham slice (about 1 inch thick and 2 pounds)
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 can (8 ounces) unsweetened sliced pineapple
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- Dash ground ginger
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
- In a large skillet, brown ham in butter. Place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Drain pineapple, reserving juice; set juice aside. Place pineapple over ham; set aside.
- In a saucepan, combine the brown sugar, cornstarch, ginger, orange juice, vinegar and reserved pineapple juice. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened and bubbly. Pour over ham and pineapple. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until ham is heated through. Yield: 6-8 servings.
Originally published as Ham Slice with Pineapple-Orange Sauce in Country Woman Christmas Annual 1997, p24
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First tried this recipe from another site. It is excellent. Quick, easy and very tasteful. My husband loves it.
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MRC's Bozell Announces Bias Profiles for All Barack Channel (ABC) Anchors
These profiles document the 12 years that Stephanopoulos has dedicated to left wing advocacy and more than 10 years Sawyer has delivered on-camera at ABC. From lavishing praise to liberals like Nancy Pelosi, the Clintons and President Obama to undermining conservatives and pushing their personal policy agendas, both anchors have provided endless of examples to cite. These Profiles in Bias also include more than a dozen videos of on-camera lowlights.
"This is nothing more than a pathetic game of lefty musical chairs," MRC President and NewsBusters Publisher Brent Bozell scoffed. "The All Barack Channel has managed to keep all their liberal blood in the family, rotating anchor chairs and ensuring the same left-wing cheerleading and conservative bashing will continue in their network morning and evening hours for years to come."
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Hugh Jackman has credited Russell Crowe for helping him get two of his biggest film roles.
The Australian actors may star together in Les Miserables as rivals Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert, but Hugh revealed they are actually good friends in real life.
"Russell and I actually became very close friends. We were good friends before," he told Entertainment Weekly.
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Hugh - who plays Jean Valjean in Tom Hooper's big-screen adaptation of the hit musical - admitted that it was challenging playing enemies on screen.
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Gone Too Far, a feature film project written by Bola Agbaje, and to be directed by Destiny Ekaragha (both Nigerian Brits) is one of 12 projects shortlisted for Film London's 4-day boot camp, which is backed by BBC Films, and which includes seminars, masterclasses and mentoring from established directors, writers and producers.
Afterward, the filmmaker teams will be given an extended development period, later pitching their projects to a greenlight panel; and after that, 6 of the 12 feature projects will be greenlit in February 2012, with budgets of up to £120,000, or about $186,000.
Not bad at all...
Congrats to Bola Agbaje and Destiny Ekaragha (who was one of S&A's young black UK talents to watch when we were first introduced to her in 2009), and their Gone Too Far script, a coming of age comedy based in Peckham, which is based on Agbaje's Olivier award winning play, about two brothers in a run-down part of South London.
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GONE TOO FAR is a brilliantly funny, sharp and observant coming-of-age comedy in the tradition of The Breakfast Club and Bend it Like Beckham with a strong urban identity in the vein of La Haine and A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints. It's also an incredibly original and exciting representation of black Britain for the screen; a wonderful opportunity to portray a vibrant group in a way that has never been done before. Set on a small up-beat estate in Peckham, in the heart of the Afro-Carribean community, the film follows a group of kids over a single day as they fight to make their dreams comes true. As the Notting Hill Carnival beats away in NW London, this group of kids are having their own carnival in SE15.
Apparently, a short version was shot for this, which was funded by the UK Film Council last year, and since then, the production team has been working to secure funding to get the feature made.
So, let's hope that they are 1 of the 12 projects greenlit next February.
Kia | September 27, 2011 8:19 AM
Very interesting and just reminds me of how filmmakers in the "states", don't get those kind of funding opportunities. Do you have a link to the short?
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I likes..:)
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The winners in each category will be announced and the prizes presented at the awards ceremony on Friday, November 23, 2012, at the Compagnietheater in Amsterdam.
The List of Awards Categories, with Cash Prizes and Jury MembersThe 2012 IDFA awards categories are:
The VPRO IDFA Award for Best Feature Length Documentary - The winner will be presented with a cash prize of € 12,500 (or about $16200). The jury may also present a Special Jury Award, without a cash prize.
Of the sixteen films being considered, John Appel's Wrong Time Wrong Place is the only Dutch film in the Feature Length Documentary Competition and it has also been singled out as the festival's opening night film.The 2012 Feature Length Documentary Competition jury members are Susan Froemke (USA), Michael Glawogger (Austria), Maria Goos (the Netherlands), Jørgen Leth (Denmark) and Kenneth Turan (USA). See the list of films.
- IDFA Competition for Mid-Length Documentary - Cash prize of € 10,000 (about $13,000) - Fifteen films that are 30 to 60 minutes will be in competition. The jury members are Nicolas Entel (Argentina), Peter Friedman (USA), Hedda van Gennep (the Netherlands), Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran), Farah Nayeri (France).
- IDFA Competition for First Appearance - Cash prize of € 5,000 (about $6500) - sixteen debut films are in competition. The jury members are: Maria Luz Climent (Spain), Maria Lourdes Cortès (Costa Rica), Renzo Martens (the Netherlands), Djo Munga (Congo) and Sara Rüster (Sweden).
- IDFA Competition for Student Documentary - Cash award of € 2,500 (about $3200) - Fifteen student films from international film academies are in competition. The jury members are Arto Halonen (Finland), Vanja Kaludjercic (Italy) and Herman de Wit (the Netherlands).
- Dioraphte IDFA Competition for Dutch Documentary - Cash prize of € 5,000 (about $6500) - Sixteen Dutch films are in competition for this award. Jury members are Kris Dewitte (Belgium), Jessica Gorter (the Netherlands), Alex Lee (New Zealand), Tobias Müller (Germany) and Pascale Ramonda (France).
- IDFA Melkweg Competition for Music Documentary - Cash prize of € 2,500 (about $3200) - Fifteen music documentaries are competing for this award, which is presented in cooperation with Amsterdam's famed concert venue, the Melkweg. The jury members are Kaleem Aftab (UK), Jeroen Berkvens (the Netherlands), Safinez Bousbia (Algeria), Erik Gandini (Sweden) and Ondi Timoner (USA).
- IDFA DOC U Award - Cash prize € 1,500 (about $1950) - Films made by youngsters participating in IDFA's film program for young people from 15 years of age is judged by a special youth jury.
- IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling - Cash prize of € 2,500 (about $3200) - IDFA DocLab projects that use digital technology in the most creative and effective ways to tell a documentary story are eligible for this award. The jury members are Elisabeth Holm (USA), Bjarke Myrthu (Denmark) and William Uricchio (USA).
- BankGiroLoterij IDFA Audience Award - Cash prize of € 5,000 (about $6500) - All films in the above mentioned competitions, as well as films from non-competitive program sections are eligible for this award which is determined by audience voters who use ballots presented at the end of each festival screening.
Other IDFA 2012 Program Details
In all, this year's program features 317 documentary films that were selected from more than 3,300 submissions. Of the slated documentaries, 97 will have their world premiere at this year's IDFA
In celebration of its 25th anniversary, IDFA is highlighting Dutch documentaries with a themed program entitled "25 Years Highlights of the Lowlands." The program includes a 64 Dutch productions, which are included in all of the festival's various program sections.
Also as a way of marking its 25 years of presenting documentary films to appreciative international audiences, IDFA 2013 presents a special section entitled "RE: Constructing History," which tracks a quarter of a century of global history from the perspectives and through the lenses of famous documentary filmmakers from around the world.
An annual tradition at IDFA is to present a famous documentary filmmaker's Top 10 films. This year's selection was made by Russian Director Victor Kossakovsky, whose own work will also be given a full retrospective at IDFA 2012.
IDFA 2012 will also present a day-long schedule of screenings featuring the films in the Why Poverty? initiative, an extremely important and impressive series of documentaries produced by a consortium of public broadcast television stations and their nonprofit charitable foundation partners.
This year, IDFA has a new partnership with Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum, which will show two themed programs of video art at IDFA. This selection, entitled Stedelijk@IDFA, includes work by Erik van Lieshout and Rineke Dijkstra.For the complete program for IDFA 2012, and information about how to book seats and purchase tickets for screenings and other IDFA special events including master classes, panel discussions and others, visit the IDFA Website.


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Updated May 26, 2013 - 1:09 pm
Infant honored as 'Perfect Baby' and with good reason
Originally published: May 26, 2013 - 10:41 am
Don't believe us?
Last season, Dockal attended his first big league game with his dad, Paul, at Safeco Field on April 21. That afternoon White Sox starter Phillip Humber recorded the 21st perfect game in MLB history.
Nearly four months later, Dockal was back in the stands to take in another afternoon contest and Felix Hernandez didn't disappoint. The Seattle Mariners ace struck out 12 Tampa Bay Rays batters en route to the first perfect game in franchise history.
Yeah, that's right. Dockal can't say "perfect game" yet, but he's already seen two of them thrown in two visits to the ballpark.
Saturday night, the Mariners honored their famous little fan by naming him "The Perfect Baby" during a pre-game ceremony.
Unfortunately, the third time wasn't a charm as Hernandez and Co. were defeated 5-2 by the Texas Rangers.


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Mimosa - Hill Farmstead Brewery
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Ratings: 188 | Reviews: 47 | Display Reviews Only:
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5/5 rDev +13.1%
06-09-2013 15:50:22 | More by Beerdster
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New York
4.44/5 rDev +0.5%
Bottle #1 of 450, big thanks to totoropanda
A. Golden orange, bright,lots of effervescent bubbles
N. Orange, brett, booze, citrus both juice & peel, clementine
T. Really tastes like a mimosa, orange peel, citrus,fruity, more barrel than juicy has.
M. Nice carbonation, champagne bubbles, smooth, boozy finish
O. If u like juicy, this blows it away
04-25-2013 21:42:40 | More by joel66
4.25/5 rDev -3.8%
12-26-2012 04:52:37 | More by Callmecoon
3.5/5 rDev -20.8%
02-07-2012 01:13:02 | More by TimoP
4.5/5 rDev +1.8%
05-11-2012 07:43:38 | More by standardcherry
4.5/5 rDev +1.8%
02-11-2012 21:22:21 | More by jburchett
4.25/5 rDev -3.8%
06-13-2013 20:23:36 | More by doremite
New Jersey
4.5/5 rDev +1.8%
08-14-2012 21:39:50 | More by SPRichard
4.25/5 rDev -3.8%
A - Hazy orange with a big foamy head to it
S - Orange and lactic acid that gives it a nice sharpness. Slight blue cheese funk and champagne yeast
T - Orange juice, tart orange zest, lots of blue cheese funk and oak. Light lactic acid on the finish. This actually tastes just like a mimosa if it was sour and funky.
MF - Good carbonation that leaves a tingle. Dry finish
O - Really good and interesting beer from Hill Farmstead with lots of funk that gives it a good blue cheese presence to it
06-16-2013 04:38:30 | More by jeonseh
New Jersey
4/5 rDev -9.5%
11-24-2012 15:34:57 | More by acurtis
North Carolina
4.75/5 rDev +7.5%
07-30-2012 01:33:56 | More by twowheelssoar
New York
4.03/5 rDev -8.8%
Thanks to Josh for this one. Shared at a tasting 12/8. 750ml bottle into Hill Farmstead stemware. Reviewed from notes.
Pours a .5 finger white head with great retention. Beer is a pale, slightly cloudy yellow. Stringy lace with good stick. Excellent appearance as always.
Nose actually smells a lot like mimosa. Big orange notes with a sweet, champagne-y spritz and a health helping of funk. Appetizing and very unique.
Opens orange rind, slight hop bitterness. Yeasty. Sweet and tart citrus throughout with notes of cane sugar. Finish is aggressively yeasty with a slight hop bitter presence. Aptly named as this one definitely reminds me of my favorite brunch beverage.
Light bodied with moderate carbonation. Smooth and oily in the mouth and slick and aggressive going down. Sticky, dry finish. Solid. Amazing how well the ABV is hidden here.
This is a solid beer overall but honestly, from Hill Farmstead, I expected a bit more. Sure, it tastes and smells like mimosa but not a particularly good mimosa... and only a decent wild ale all things considered. Like I said, this is solid but by no means a standout from the brewery. A bit overhyped.
12-09-2012 17:51:47 | More by SpeedwayJim
4.25/5 rDev -3.8%
06-22-2013 15:31:17 | More by leschkie
4.75/5 rDev +7.5%
07-03-2013 18:37:55 | More by huskermike12
4.25/5 rDev -3.8%
750 mL poured into a tumbler. Bottle #2.
Appearance - Hazy orange. Bright orange. Nice white head.
Smell - Orange and brett are the most dominant. Some grassiness and hay. Pale malts.
Taste - Much more orange. More winey. Strong pale malt. Very bretty and earthy. Lingering orange flavor in the finish and just a touch of bitterness.
Mouthfeel - Medium heavy body. Slick. Bretty in the back with a touch of earthiness and acidity.
Overall - It's not life-altering, but it's pretty damn good. Brett is getting a bit strong and masking other flavors.
05-25-2013 04:01:59 | More by Alieniloquium
4.75/5 rDev +7.5%
07-07-2012 22:58:39 | More by KMcG
4.53/5 rDev +2.5%
750 ml red wax topped bottle into a few glasses. This was bottled # 313/450. Another big thanks to Stakem for sharing this.
Pours a hazed gold, with a finger of rich and creamy looking bright-white head. This stays robust looking, soaping the sides of the glass with thick foamy lacing. The aroma smells awesome, with orange juice, zesty and earthy Brett notes, crisp wheat, light oak and spicy alcohol all combining here in a way that I wasn't expecting.
The taste is delicious orange flavor, with a zesty tart bite from the Brett and an equally tart wheat character across the back. The alcohol is very complimentary here to the other flavors, with a warm spiciness that bring it all together. The finish is dry and tannic with a little bit of lingering earthy tartness on the end. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, with a gentle crispness on the tongue and a smooth creaminess that fills out the rest of the mouth. The ABV on this is just incredibly well hid, giving this a ridiculously smooth feel that I can hardly believe is as big as it is. Very well done!
I don't really know what my expectations for this Hill Farmstead release were going in but this definitely exceeded them. The way the oranges and alcohol came together really does have this feeling like a mimosa while the Brett, wheat and oak add complimentary notes that round this out nicely. I'd love to have this again. It's definitely one of the best executed beers that I've had from them.
09-10-2012 17:00:50 | More by Kegatron
New York
4/5 rDev -9.5%
06-03-2012 16:31:04 | More by GuisseppeFranco
4/5 rDev -9.5%
02-05-2012 22:09:43 | More by nickhiller
4.5/5 rDev +1.8%
10-09-2012 01:29:51 | More by dsgolovin
4.5/5 rDev +1.8%
02-28-2012 00:36:42 | More by OtisCampbell
4.3/5 rDev -2.7%
Great day for a run and a refreshing citrus-based beer. Thankfully, jedwards has provided just the thing. Served at around 50 degrees in a HF tulip 304/450.
A - Somewhat transparent orange with a thick, frothy head. Looks pretty nice. Thick lacing remains the entire time.
S - The wheat, orange, lemon, funk and tartness shine through. It has the distinct Saison in the front of the aroma.
T - Soft Saison flavor comes out first with the yeast and lemon, then is followed up with the tart orange/lemon. The finish is clean and a little bit prickly. It is like a very tart Saison with a lot of citrus. I don't find any of the direct hops flavors that may have been indicated by the label. Just about right on the tartness though (for a Saison, cough cough).
M - Light/medium with moderate carbonation.
O - This is a very different beer. It is a sour citrus Saison, I suppose it can be classified as an American Wild. As a Saison, it is fantastic. As an AWA, it falls a little behind. Tartness could have been more prominent for an AWA. I think I was actually expecting more orange, if that is possible/realistic. Watch out Dany, Vermont is in the picture.
03-13-2012 23:52:37 | More by claaark13
4.25/5 rDev -3.8%
12-20-2013 03:13:16 | More by SpdKilz
4.75/5 rDev +7.5%
05-01-2012 15:36:12 | More by TWStandley
4/5 rDev -9.5%
01-11-2013 02:35:18 | More by jsilva
Mimosa from Hill Farmstead Brewery
97 out of 100 based on 188 ratings.


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This tread will be the war room discussion for the Cleveland Indians during the Community Mock Draft.
With the first pick of the draft coming in at 15 for the Indians it is primarily wait and see while the top names come off the board. I currently have 10 players that I consider in the top tier of prospects and don't expect any to still be available at the pick. The second tier encompasses seven more players giving a decision to make on probably a group of 3-5 guys.
Will update more as the pick gets closer.