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Benton's: The Best Hams in TennesseeDecember 1, 2005
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'Tis the season for eating, and for Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams near Madisonville, Tennessee, business is booming.
"We cure 11,000 country hams a year, so we stay busy, but December is our busiest month," says Allan Benton, owner of Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams.
Benton's hams are slow-cured with salt and brown sugar, creating a mouth-watering flavor that has won praise from Southern Living magazine and The Food Network, as well as customers nationwide.
"It's becoming the cool thing again," Benton says with a laugh. "People can't believe Tennessee hillbillies are the ones making this stuff."
A specialty of Benton's is prosciutto, paper-thin slices of cured ham that can be eaten alone or used in recipes. Hickory-smoked bacon is another tasty offering. For more information, call 423-442-5003 or visit bentonshams.com.
Have you tried Benton's hams or bacon? Are they the best in Tennessee, or even the best in the South? Let us know what you think!
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Tommie Vincent says:
The taste is awsome. The best I have found since my Dad is no longer living and cures us hams.
Robert says:
Not as good as country hams from hogs killed on family farms and salted and smoked immediately, but not bad. One of the problems is that the fresh hams Benton processes are brought in to his facility from out of state and they have already deteriorated a little. But there are very few places one can buy "country hams", even those that are not true "country" hams.
Clyde Kellogg says:
The bacon is the best, and you need to save the grease to cook with. Love the ham, although it is a tad salty, but that is the way my grandparents cured it. It's just the way it is.
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There are a lot of good points about buying a maxi scooter like the SR Max. Fuel economy is one, simplicity is the other. There aren't many full-licenced motorcyclists who would buy a scooter on these benefits alone because of the image they portray of being 'a ladies bike'. Maybe this is why Aprilia has wound up the 'sport-styling' knob ...
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The Monthly Traub is out and in full force right now. There's just not much to write about at the moment, and I've been spending a lot of time writing over at Diehard Sport. Make sure you're checking out diehardsport.com for the latest stuff and follow us on Facebook and Twitter to make your life a whole lot better. This post turned into a bit of a disorganized rant/mess, so bear with me.
The Detroit Red Wings went into this offseason and I was highly optimistic. A lot of cap room, a bunch of terrible players coming off the payroll and supposedly not coming back. That last Freep link was killed for a reason, not sure why, but they wanted to remove any sort of information that said that they were letting all of their UFA's walk. Anyways, I figured there was no way they would bring Kyle Quincey and Daniel Cleary back and they certainly wouldn't give the two of them a raise to bring them back. Whoops. The Kyle Quincey signing I hate, but I can at least understand. They whiffed on their big free agent targets
and panicked and went with someone they knew. The pay raise and two-year deal is what really makes me mad. When Kyle Quincey is making more money than Kevin Shattenkirk, Slava Voynov, Victor Hedman and Niklas Hjalmarsson, something is wrong. Hockey and quality of play is certainly not based purely on statistics, there is far more that goes into it, but this stat line (82 games played, 13 points, -4, 88 PIMs) is not worth anything close to $4.25 million a year. Why not give a guy like Ryan Sproul, Xavier Ouellet or Alexey Marchenko a shot? You know what Quincey has to offer, and he's not exactly going to take the defensive corps and put it over the top and turn the Red Wings into a serious Cup contender again. On a bit of a different note, if you're a restricted free agent like Danny DeKeyser is, how do you not demand more money than what Quincey is getting? You're clearly better than him and have a brighter future, why should you make half as much?


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Glazed Carrots with Rosemary Recipe
Caramelizing carrots results in a sweet and buttery side dish that even folks not fond of vegetables will favor. Fresh rosemary adds the finishing touch.Helen Faddis, Gloucester, Massachusetts
- 4 pounds medium carrots, cut into 1/2-inch slices
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 cup white wine or additional chicken broth
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 cup butter, cubed
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh rosemary or 2 teaspoons dried rosemary, crushed
- 1 teaspoon white pepper
- In a large saucepan, combine the carrots, broth, wine and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 7-9 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and discard liquid.
- Add the remaining ingredients. Cook and stir over low heat until glazed and heated through. Yield: 13 servings (1/2 cup each).
Originally published as Glazed Carrots with Rosemary in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2009, p112
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This was OK, nothing special. I don't think my family likes the carrot/rosemary combination either.
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"Best Paper" Prize at 2014 International Digital Curation Conference
March 5, 2014
A collaborative research paper on data publishing won the "Best Paper" prize at the 2014 International Digital Curation Conference in San Francisco last week. Eric Kansa presented the paper Publishing and Pushing: Mixing Models for Communicating Research Data in Archaeology, which he co-authored with colleagues Benjamin Arbuckle and Sarah Whitcher Kansa. The three collaborated with a dozen colleagues on a large-scale project of publication, integration, and analysis of datasets from Anatolia. The IDCC paper presented lessons about data documentation and reuse that emerged from the project. Specifically, the study revealed that recording methods researchers assumed were commonplace actually varied widely from researcher to researcher. This kind of "under the hood" access to datasets that helps highlight inconsistencies in recording practices, will help drive improvements in data documentation. The paper argued for the implementation of a combined model of data publishing and version tracking. Data publishing ensures that datasets are seen as professional research outputs (like peer-reviewed publications). Version control, recognizing that datasets are dynamic and can be updated and built upon, ensures that any updates to a published dataset are clearly indicated and justified. Both publishing and versioning of datasets maximizes their potential for reuse. The research paper will be published in the spring 2014 issue of the International Journal of Digital Curation. The study was funded by the Encyclopedia of Life and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit the project page to learn more.
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Eric Kansa Delivers Inaugural Lecture for Harvard's Digital Futures Consortium
September 12, 2013
This week, Eric Kansa, program director for Open Context, spoke at Harvard University about digital data publication and emerging research needs in the changing landscape of scholarly communications. His lecture A More Open Future for the Past was the first in a series of lectures on digital scholarship organized by Harvard's Digital Futures consortium. A September 17 article in the Harvard Gazette presents highlights of the talk.
The Digital Futures consortium includes faculty, researchers, technologists, and librarians engaged in the ongoing transformation of scholarship through innovative technology. They are dedicated to sharing expertise across the global academic community, facilitating new forms and methods of research, and fostering collaborative projects that bring about field-changing developments in scholarship.
White House Recognizes Open Context's Role in Open Science
June 30, 2013Last week, Eric Kansa, Program Developer for Open Context, was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change in Open Science. The June 20th event honored 13 "leaders and organizations promoting and using open scientific data and publications to accelerate progress and improve our world." Eric was honored to attend the event as a representative of archaeology, and of the humanities and social sciences in general. Eric has been a vocal advocate and dedicated practitioner of open access and open data in archaeology for the past decade (indeed, he co-founded the Alexandria Archive Institute in 2001 based on these principles). This honor comes at an appropriate time, as the AAI celebrates 10 years of continual funding this summer.
The government is moving toward requiring open access to the results of federally-funded research and this Champions of Change program highlights some of the excellent work being done around open data in a variety of disciplines. Open data in archaeology (as in most of the humanities / social sciences) is still very much in its infancy. This kind of recognition will help draw attention to data sharing efforts. We are delighted to see open science, open data, and open access at the top of the agenda.
While the majority of the 13 Champions of Change in Open Science were from biomedicine, Eric and one other (Will Noel of the Walters Manuscript Collection) represented the humanities. Eric was also the only "Alt-Ac" (alternative academic) honored, as the majority of other honorees hold traditional academic or corporate positions. There is a growing global community of these Alt-Acs, who combine domain and computing expertise and are doing interesting research outside traditional Ivory Tower faculty career paths.
More information about the Champions of Change in Open Science can be found at the following links:
- The list of honorees
- The White House Press release
- The White House blog post
- An interview with Eric
- The announcement from NEH
AAI Wins EOL Computable Data Challenge
September 25, 2012
This month, with funding from the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), the AAI launched a new project using Linked Open Data to enhance archaeological data sets. A collaborative undertaking by the AAI, Prof. Benjamin Arbuckle (Baylor University), and a team of international zooarchaeologists, the project was one of two winners of the EOL's Computable Data Challenge. The project brings together a group of international scholars to collaboratively analyze datasets and address questions about human exploitation of early domestic animals in Anatolia. Taxonomic data published in archaeological datasets in Open Context will be related to EOL taxa using a Linked Open Data approach. This will demonstrate the power of Linked Open Data to disambiguate and enhance data published on the Web. See more about the competition and the winning projects.
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Tags: data integration, data publishing, domestication, linked open data, Neolithic, origins of agriculture
AAI Receives NEH Digital Humanities Implementation Grant
August 13, 2012
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded a Digital Humanities Implementation grant to the AAI to support data publishing services with Open Context. The 2-year, $261,056 project supports collaborative research and development to enable scholars to relate datasets with other data published on the Web (i.e. Linked (Open) Data methods).
Digital Humanities Implementation grants aim to fund innovative projects that have successfully completed a start-up phase and are "well positioned to have a major impact." The AAI recently completed research, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, to develop Data Refine, a system for evaluating, annotating, and linking online datasets. Previously, the AAI received funding from the NEH to explore researcher needs around data sharing, a major outcome of which was the "data sharing as publication" model advanced by the current project.
Current funding will demonstrate how publication processes can help improve the discoverability, reuse, and longevity of primary scholarly materials. The AAI team will collaborate with archaeologists working in the Mediterranean region to further develop workflows to publish archaeological datasets as Linked Open Data. Though demonstrated with a theme of ancient trade and exchange, the project's tools and workflows are applicable in any field needing better data dissemination. A major project outcome is a generalized model for publishing well-documented and reusable scholarly data. The success of this model lies in its outward orientation. Rather than working toward monolithic centralization, this approach enables researchers to participate in a growing and widely distributed humanities information ecosystem.


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JFK assassination: Secret Service Standdown
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Watch as the two secret service men assigned to protect president Kennedy's motorcade are ordered to stand down just minutes before entering Dealey Plaza. They are obviously not happy about being given these orders. It brings up another question: Where was NORAD on 9/11, who was in charge and why? (View my other videos)
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Jackielawless January 20, 2012 9:25:36 AM CET
Stranger and stranger....
Glphil January 10, 2012 12:33:31 AM CET
Glphil January 10, 2012 12:22:18 AM CET
On the face of it, that seems ridiculous.Kennedy&Jackie in rear. Connelly&wife in middle, driver & agent in front. Who could have possibly done it? No one in the car! With thousands watching, that would seem impossible, with out having been seen...
Ringwind January 9, 2012 2:06:14 AM CET
If George Herbert Walker Bush had never been born, JFK would not have been assassinated and the attack on the World Trade Center would never have occurred. Google "Quadri-Track ZCT"
Rachelwordsmith January 6, 2012 12:16:45 AM CET
there is no way anyone that looks deeply at the JFK killing can say it happened the way the government portrayed it. Just the fact that the rifle used by Oswald is one of the least accurate of its time. The large rounds of the Carcano Oswald's gun) tumble radically after 50 yards of flight, Very inaccurate round that doesn't leave a hole , it takes heads clear off if you can hit one with it. No way JFK was hit with Oswald's rifle. Ballistics alone prove Oswald couldn't have done it. Facts are a bitch.
Mandown January 4, 2012 5:31:37 PM CET
he was killed by agents from within the car. the agents that stood down needed to be or they would have seen the hit take place at very close range


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The largest free car show in the Midwest is moving from Sioux Falls.
For the past several years Automania has taken place in downtown Sioux Falls, but this year..the event will head east to Brandon.
Automania brings in between 50 and 70 thousand people...which means a lot of money for both the city and the nearby businesses.
We spoke with several restaurants in downtown Sioux Falls that say Automania is easily their busiest night of the year.
While they are sad to see the event move from downtown, Automania chairman Bill Nelson says the move is simply about space and logistics.
Nelson says the event has so many vendors and visitors, it became very challenging to find enough space and parking in the downtown area
Working with the Brandon Chamber of Commerce, Automania has secured nearly one mile of Holly Street between First National Bank and Casey's for the event.
The Brandon School District has also agreed to allow free parking at all of their schools right off Holly Street.
Kim Cerwick with the Brandon Chamber of Commerce says this event will be a big deal for the city. "The impact this is going to have on our community is tremendous, no only will we benefit from the tax dollars, but the exposure that our businesses will get is absolutely amazing and a great thing for our community."
Holly Street will be shut down starting at 9:00 am, giving vendors plenty of time to set up. Nelson says finding enough time to set up in downtown was always difficult. In Brandon the event will be able to open a few hours earlier as vendors have plenty of time to prepare.
Automania will be in Brandon this June. Downtown Sioux Falls Incorporated says they're excited to see how the event will expand in Brandon.
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Henry County Firefighters saved a woman and two children who were entrapped in an early morning crash on Keys Ferry Road just south of Highway 81.
Police say a burgundy SUV crashed into a large oak tree in East McDonough just before 6:40 a.m.
It took firefighters thirty minutes to free the driver from the mangled SUV, according to reports.
The driver was taken to an Atlanta hospital with unknown injuries. Two children in the vehicle were also transported to an Atlanta area hospital.
All occupants were wearing their seatbelts and the vehicles supplemental restraints did deploy. The cause of the vehicle to leave the roadway is unknown at this time.
The cause of the accident is being investigated by the Henry County Police Department.
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Next gen iPad.
It's safe to say that when we see leaked photos now they are on point. I'm excited about the new ipad design yet not blown away. I thought they would do something more than just making it the same as the mini design, though it makes perfect sense i thought they would do something more wild to keep the full sized iPad fresh. As a person who uses my ipad as my sketchbook i'm a little worried about this no bezel thing. I use the bezel to help draw and hold in one hand. Apple needs to start thining outside of the box again. Samsung has implemented true pen support into their line. Yet the brand that the artist is known for using hasn't.
Will they with this next ipad? I hope, but it's not likely. I don't want to use a stylus with a wonky rubber ball at the end of it. I watched a video of an incredible artist making Wacom like things happen with the note 10.1 and the galaxy note 2. These are acting like real portable Wacom tablets. Plus wacom makes a stylus just for these types of tablets. Something I always thought that iPad would turn into with it's retina display, but apple just ignore this. It's not really rocket science why people don't consider apple to be cool anymore. It's because they aren't doing cool things.
They aren't thinking outside of the box. They are turning into big blue. They are turning into everything they never wanted to be. Yet the ipad is still the best tablet for every day use. If all they care about is the average consumer and not the users that made apple what apple is fine, but they have to understand their professional users are going to move elsewhere. Which is what i am on the verge of. We now have what many designers and artists have been waiting for in a mobile device. True pen support. This is happening in windows 8 and android. Apple stock is failing. Sure they are churning in profits but nothing lasts forever. Nothing. It's a general principle of life and the world. So when things start getting wacky and out of place that means it's time to innovate an do something different. Perhaps start giving people what they want, because without Steve Jobs apple doesn't understand what the consumer wants anymore. Steve made the idea up for the smart covers. I mean this is how involved Steve was in the creation of products at apple. Right down to the smart cover. It's sucks that we lost Steve, but we have to move on. Tim is a great CEO but he isn't an artist. That's clear. He isn't a visionary that's clear. Jonny is a designer and has yet to be tested as a visionary.
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The Texas AM - Corpus Christi volleyball team opened the 2014 season this week with the start of two-a-day practices. Head coach Tony Graystone enters his sixth season at the helm of the Islanders' program and returns seven letterwinners from last season's team. The Islanders finished the 2013 season with a 20-12 record, including a school-best 13-5 record in Southland Conference play. "They are doing a nice job and really working hard," Graystone said. "They are very serious about it right n... More>>
Over sixty young baseball players are busy at a week-long summer camp on the campus of Texas AM-Corpus Christi. Islander coach Scott Malone and his staff are stressing the important mix of fun and fundamentals that they hope will continue to produce outstanding young players in South Texas. More>>
Texas AM-Corpus Christi volleyball coach Tony Graystone's Summer High School Competition Camp has attracted a record enrollment this week. Players from all over South Texas are spending the afternoon putting theory into practice with long scrimmaging sessions designed to fine tune their talent. More>>
Trevor Belicek threw 7 1/3 strong innings and Jacob Dorris slammed the door as the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team delivered a 3-2 victory over Nicholls on Thursday at Bear Stadium. The Colonels (32-26) were eliminated from the 2014 Southland Conference Tournament with the loss. More>>
Jude Vidrine went 3-for-5 with four runs scored to lead Lamar to a 10-7 victory over the Texas AM-Corpus Christi baseball team on Sunday at Chapman Field. The Cardinals (29-22, 14-13 Southland) remained in a three-way tie for seventh place with the win, while the Islanders (30-22, 19-8) are now tied with Sam Houston State for the conference lead.AM-Corpus Christi and the Bearkats will meet in the final series of the regular season next weekend in Huntsville, with the winner claiming at least ... More>>
Dawson Yates delivered a pinch-hit, walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th to lift the Texas AM-Corpus Christi baseball team to a 2-1 victory over Lamar and a doubleheader sweep of the Cardinals. The Islanders (30-21, 19-7 Southland) also won the first game, 5-2, to remain a game ahead of Sam Houston State for first place in the league.Trevor Belicek was masterful in the second game, allowing just two hits and two walks with 12 strikeouts in nine shutout innings. But he had to settle for a... More>>
The Texas AM – Corpus Christi baseball team was able to pick up its third Southland Conference road sweep of the season, as it held off Abilene Christian 11-10 in a wild series finale on Sunday.With the victory, paired with a loss by Nicholls, the Islanders (28-21, 17-7 Southland) are now in sole possession of first place in the conference. The team has also dominated league opponents on the road, with an 11-1 record away from home in four conference series.The Islanders took advantage of sev... More>>
In her final game at Chapman Field, J.J. Jackson cranked a two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth, but it wasn't enough as the Houston Cougars (30-19) scattered 13 hits to secure a 9-4 victory today in non-conference action. Jackson went 2-for-2 and chipped in 3 RBIs to lead the Islanders' (15-34) bats while Michelle Sorenson went 2-for-3 at the plate. The Islanders jumped on board first in the bottom of the first after Jackson drilled a two-out RBI double to left center to plate Dani ... More>>
For the first time in program history, the Texas AM - Corpus Christi men's and women's tennis teams have both earned an automatic birth to the NCAA Team Championships after clinching the Southland Conference Championships today at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center. The Islanders men's team (19-9, 6-0 SLC) will make their fifth appearance in the NCAAs in the last seven years and their second consecutive trip after securing a 4-1 victory over Lamar (14-13, 2-4 SLC) today in the championship mat... More>>
The Texas AM - Corpus Christi women's tennis team earned their 20th win of the season today with a 4-0 victory over Central Arkansas (13-11, 5-7 SLC) to advance to the semifinal round of the Southland Conference Tournament. The Islanders (20-5, 11-1 SLC) came out strong to secure the doubles point before winning three straight-set singles matches to earn the victory at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center. A&M - Corpus Christi will face No. 3 seed McNeese State in the semifinals ... More>>
Russell Vaughan delivered a walk-off RBI single to score Jordan Lee in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball team to a 3-2 victory over Houston-Victoria on Tuesday night. It marked the fifth straight victory for the Islanders. More>>
The No. 23 Texas AM Aggies outhit the Texas AM - Corpus Christi softball team 27-7 en route to a pair of non-conference wins today at Aggie Softball Complex. The Islanders (13-32) took an early lead in the first game after a three-run homer by Cassie Carroll in the top of the second... More>>
The Texas AM - Corpus Christi softball team put together another dominating performance today to roll past Lamar, 5-2, and sweep the series finale at Ford Park. The Islanders (13-30, 8-12 SLC) outhit Lamar (19-21, 12-8 SLC), who was in second place in the conference heading into the weekend, 25-14, in the three games combined. Senior Valerie Perez powered the Islanders' offense, going 2-for-2 today with a home run. For the weekend, she hit .625 and blasted two home runs while chipping in six ... More>>
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Nicolas Batum scored 23 points to lead France to a 79-73 victory over Nigeria in the Olympic men's basketball tournament on Monday.
France will finish no worse than third in Group A.
Batum nailed a 3-pointer to put France up 65-62 and the French (4-1) never trailed again after Nigeria had battled back from an 11-point halftime deficit.
The Portland Trail Blazers standout hit two more 3s down the stretch. His 3-pointer with 2:38 to play gave France a 75-68 lead and he drained another for 79-70 France advantage. Batum also had six rebounds.


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Yuma, AZ July 2 -- Top of the Kress, a bar on Main Street in downtown Yuma has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The club has been open for about four months.
The owners Frank and Mark Ruiz say The Kress will reorganize their finances under Chapter 11and will remain open.
The business employs over fifty people. The owners says no one will be laid off.
Mark Ruiz released the following statement to KSWT News 13 Friday:
"We want to go public with the announcement that we have filed a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy reorganization. We want everyone to know that we do not plan on laying off anyone of our over 50 staff members. By taking this protective step in ensures us that the Kress will continue to be open and running our business as usual. We hope this puts an end to the rumors that we are closing. As a thank you to our customers we are offering a summer long promotion on Fridays, with your 5.00 cover charge you will now receive 2 free drinks! This step forward was caused by the continued financial troubles of AEA Credit Union and their decision to cut off many of their clients lines of credit. The Top of The Kress has sought out alternative stable financing and will continue to move ahead going strong and we are here to stay."
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Your humble correspondent took the past two weeks off and is not really looking forward to rejoining the working world. While on vacation, I did the following things:
- Visited Eagles training camp
I found myself too exhausted to write up a full post this year about the experience because it was largely most of the same as last year, I looked through my pictures and couldn't come up with an inspired fake conversation between Mike Gibson and Fenuki Tupoi, and DeSean steadfastly refused to acknowledge my presence and my awesome Cal jersey. I did get a few props from people who recognized exactly what it was though.
- Won 97 bucks at the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Which was nice, because it covered most of my spending for the trip up to Eagles camp and was only a ten minute drive away. I won 75 playing Three Card Poker, which is much more like Blackjack than poker, and offers worse odds than Blackjack. I like playing it more, because the last few times I've played I've been up big. It bears noting that the casino itself looks like a hollowed out warehouse (because it is) and doesn't have any table games, so the table games that they had were electronic versions, with video dealers. Which actually doesn't do the video dealers justice - the Asian dealer was hot. But the casino as a whole could use a lot of work before I want to actually go visit again. Maybe the hotel area will be up next year and they'll have more live entertainment or something.
- Threw out my back doing jump squats
I came down, walked around for a bit, did a couple hamstring exercises hoping my back would loosen up, and then realized it would probably be a good idea if I went and headed for my couch to lay down before I couldn't even walk that far.
- Had to cancel my plans to be an extra in the upcoming movie Just Wright because of my back problem
And just think, I would have gotten paid 79.25 to stand around for ten hours to watch the Nets beat the Heat.
Howard, Wade and Simmons all appear - along with numerous Nets folks from coach Lawrence Frank, team president Rod Thorn to trainer Tim Walsh - in the movie, "Just Wright" starring Queen Latifah and Common. It's a story about a player (Common) who blows out his knee and works with and falls in love with a trainer (Queen Latifah, not Walsh). Film is due out in 2010.
There were some 1,000 extras on hand today (yup, typical Nets crowd only they were real loud). One other real stretch is the Nets beat the Heat in the movie. "Hey, it happens," Wade insisted.
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Commencement exercises will be held Saturday at the University of Alabama.
It will be split into two ceremonies, one at 9 a.m. and the other at 1:30 p.m. Graduates from the College of Commerce and Business Administration, College of Communication and Information Sciences, College of Engineering, School of Social Work and Law School will participate in the 9 a.m. ceremony. Graduates from the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, College of Human Environmental Sciences and Capstone College of Nursing will participate at 1:30 p.m.
More than 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students are degree candidates. Saturday's ceremony will be broadcast live over the Internet. You can view it at ua.edu/commencement and it will be available for viewing through December 31st.
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Comedian Jay Mohr lets UFC light heavyweight fighter Forrest Griffin Choke him and then get a palm strike to the liver.
"Should I flex?"
"It doesn't matter.."
Too bad Forrest can't do that in a real fight.
Silva made him look stupid than he ran out of the cage crying like a baby.
Haha wtf he takes the knife out and the camera turns off! It's somehow always satisfying to see comedians get jacked by fighters. Jimmy Norton is a good punching bag too.
Did you see Forrest getting a huge knife out right at the end? WTF was that?
That was awesome!
Abrupt ending… was the knife illegal?
When is forest fighting again? He is a unique personality we need in the sport.
I'm pretty sure carrying a knife is illegal everywhere.
im sure the knife part was intentional or else they would have edited that part out calm down ppl
@mmafan11 oh look! a casual "fan" bringing up something that happened 4 years ago that has no relevance to this video at all. forrest has the balls to step inside the cage and fight the best fighter in the world, and here you are talking s*** abour behind a keyboard. go buy an affliction shirt and keep us posted on your amazing insight and knowledge of mma.
Funny stuff
This sport like every sport will always have a******* like MMAFAN11.
It sucks,but there's nothing that can be done about it.
One can only point out that said fan is a c**t as he will continue to indulge in hypocrisy no matter what.
Does the fact Ryo Chonan beat Anderson silva with a flying scissor heel hook take way from all Silva's other accomplishments?
I don't think it does but surely you would have to think it does given your views on Forest losing to Silva.Unless you are a complete hypocrite.
Forrest still looks in shape.
Jay Mohr is a p****.


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Traditional object oriented analysis methodologies are based not only upon objects, but also upon relationships between objects. Object oriented programming languages do not provide support for relationships, and so analysis relationships must be expressed indirectly within a program's design, and then incorporated into implementations of other objects in a program's code. By using explicit relationships in design and implementation, analysis relationships can be expressed directly within a program's code. Programs which use explicit relationships are often smaller and easier to comprehend than traditional OO programs, and are generally quicker to write and easier to maintain. 1 Introduction Seamlessness is one of the most important benefits of object orientation (Henderson-Sellers 1994). In an object oriented system development lifecycle, the same conceptual model (the object model) is used to organise the analysis of a problem, the design of a solution, and the implementation of a r...


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FAYETTEVILLE (AP) - Marshawn Powell had season highs of 21 points and 10 rebounds as Arkansas rolled to a 89-60 win over Florida A&M.
Powell, who missed all but two games last season with a torn ACL in his right knee, was 8 of 14 shooting in 22 minutes of action Tuesday. The junior had four dunks and a pair of blocks to help the Razorbacks (3-0) remain undefeated.
Rickey Scott added 13 points as five players finished in double figures for Arkansas, which held the Rattlers (0-4) scoreless for nearly seven minutes in the second half to put the game out of reach. The Razorbacks scored 32 points off 22 Florida A&M turnovers.
Reggie Lewis led the Rattlers with 15 points, while Muhammed Abdul-Aleem had 14 and Jamari Bradshaw 13.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Hundreds of gun rights advocates are gathering at the statehouse in Hartford ahead of a vote in the General Assembly on proposed gun-control legislation.
Some demonstrators stood outside the Legislative Office Building with placards, while dozens more gathered inside the Capitol building.
Legislators on Wednesday are expected to pass a package of gun control and other measures which include an expansion of Connecticut's assault weapons ban, a ban on the sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines, and registration requirements for existing magazines that carry 10 or more bullets.
The bill also addresses mental health and school security measures, including $15 million to help pay for school security infrastructure upgrades.
Supporters of the new measures to restrict gun sales are also expected to turn out in large numbers.
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The cleanup has begun in some parts of Long Island while others continue to deal with flooding from heavy rain fall that began late Tuesday and intensified on Wednesday. Cars remain stranded after rain pounded the area. More than 13 inches of rain fell in Islip. The National Weather Service said the rain was the largest event on record for New York State in a 24-hour period.


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Sunderland missed a glorious opportunity to get out the bottom three on Wednesday when they succumbed to a 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa at the Stadium of Light for the second successive year.
This defeat leaves the Black Cats four points from safety but many of the players in the current first team line up are not good enough to get us out of the mess we are in.
Several of the summer signings have barely featured yet in the league so is it time to start giving the wider squad a chance to impress Gus Poyet in the first team?
The goalkeeping position and defence are positions that we can get away with as a settled back five of Vito Mannone, Phil Bardsley, John O'Shea, Wes Brown and possibly Marcos Alonso, who is set to make his debut on Sunday, would do a decent job against most Premier League attacks.
The striking position has misfired significantly this season with the stuttering form of Steven Fletcher and the awful form of Jozy Altidore. The fact that the club allowed Connor Wickham to spend another month on loan at Sheffield Wednesday is puzzling as whenever the forward has spent time out on loan he has scored plenty of goals.
A consistent run in the Sunderland team for Wickham may just unlock the youngster's talents but he will need the service, which takes us onto the midfield.
As shown on Wednesday, the midfield is not able to break sides down. They were limited with shots from range and rarely delivered the ball to the strikers.
Some more direct players added to the team would get the ball to the strikers. Both David Moberg Karlsson and Charis Mavrias have been in decent form for Kevin Ball's second string U21 side, so a first team promotion could be on the cards as they surely couldn't do a worse job than the likes of Adam Johnson and Seb Larsson.
As mentioned above, the FA Cup third round tie with Carlisle is on this Sunday so it could be an ideal opportunity to give the likes of Karlsson, Mavrias, Ji and even young striker Mikael Mandron or a shock return for the exiled Cabral a chance to impress and stake a claim in the side in front of the current crop of players.


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Every classroom in Ramona Wood Hall is technology enriched. The classrooms have interactive whiteboards, DVD/VCR Combo players, LCD projectors and computers. Room 309 has the additional capability for student keypad input. Rooms 218, 219, 105, and 108 have document projectors. Five HPER (Health, Physical Education and Recreation) classrooms in Pete Mathews Coliseum, two classrooms in Mason Hall, and one Classroom in Self Hall are Smart classrooms.
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San Diego Opera gala proves that good music is 'Fabulous at 40′
The San Diego Opera has been celebrating its 40th anniversary all season long. A post-performance gala at Golden Hall – following the opening night of "Vanessa" – might just have marked the official end of the year's festivities, although the company still has one more production to unveil before the season comes to a close.
The marquee said it all- "Fabulous at 40″ – and the black-tie crowd agreed. They enjoyed a buffet supper and then danced the night away to the hot sounds of the King Kelly Orchestra. The event was dedicated to chair of the Board of Supervisors Pam Slater-Price and the county of San Diego for generosity in support of the opera's education programs.
La Jolla opera buffs attending included Jeanne Jones, Don Breitenberg, Lael and Jay Kovtun, Jennifer and Richard Greenfield, Barbara Joy Marriott-Wilcox, Roger Cornell, Steve and Naomi Strauss, and Sally and John Thornton.
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"It was a disappointment," summed up women's volleyball coach Kevin Boyles. "We had two good opportunities to win matches and we let them go."
Last weekend, on both Friday and Saturday, the Dinos were up 2-1 on the visiting University of Winnipeg Wesmen, and on both nights, the Dinos went down 3-2.
"Two of our strengths let us down," explained Boyles. "We usually pass well and we usually serve well. They were both weak."
The Dinos and Wesmen are fairly equal teams, but, as the record states, the Dinos had trouble finishing.
"It was only the second and third time this season that we had faced a fifth game, and we didn't handle the pressure very well," he explained.
"We weren't too bad in the first four games [of either match]" said Dino left side hitter Janet Bang. "But we didn't play well in the fifth We gave them too many runs. In rally-point scoring, you can't give up four points. If you're down 20-16, it's hard to get back."
Boyles acknowledged that the Dinos outplayed the Wesmen in many aspects of the game, but gave up too many easy points.
"In the first match, we outhit and outblocked them," said Boyles. "But they aced us nine times and we aced them once. They made five serving errors and we made 13. They had a lot of free points that we gave them.
"In the second match, we tried not to make as many errors, and the result was that we didn't serve as hard."
"Janet Bang, Amanda Moppett and Sarah Onofrychuk each played great at times," said Boyles. "But all of them also had major lapses. That kind of inconsistency is what we need to get rid of."
With the mid-season departure of Þfth-year Dino Agata Woloszyn, Janet Bang has become the most senior member of a team loaded with youth and potential. In only her fourth year, Bang has had to add the role of team leader to that of valuable offensive contributor. The leadership position comes with a lot of pressure, but Bang, also the team's only married player, appears ready for the job.
"I'm not used to it," said Bang. "On most of the teams I've played on, I've been the youngest. It's different being in this role. It's nice to be the leader. I have more control over my emotions, but I have to be consistent all the time, setting an example of steady play and work ethic."
Consistency, says Bang, has not only been a problem for the team, but for herself as an individual.
"I'm either passing really well or really poorly," she said. "I need to be at more of a steady state of the higher level."
The Dinos' next matches will be at home to the University of Saskatchewan Huskies. Like the Wesmen, the Huskies are relative equals to the Dinos in terms of talent, and represent the Dinos' rival for a Canada West playoff spot.
The Dinos play at 6 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday, in the Jack Simpson Gymnasium.


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It's not such an easy answer, as pruning not only depends on which part of the county in which you live, but what type of hydrangea you have: mopheads, lace-caps, oakleafs, ever-blooming, climbing, or paniculata varieties.
Many gardeners in other parts of the country prune many of their hydrangeas in mid-summer, after the flowers have bloomed. This allows the cut stems plenty of time to produce next year's flower buds before winter hits. Here in California, however, winter doesn't really hit as hard and fall is actually the time when many of our hydrangeas are just hitting their stride, continuing to look beautiful through the end of the year.
Therein lies the problem. It's now November, and while your hydrangeas are still going strong, many of you have a nagging feeling that you've somehow made a huge mistake by not pruning them. And to make matters worse, many of you probably don't even know which type of hydrangea you have – further compounding the confusion. Well despair not! Here's an easy way to figure out not only what type of hydrangea you have but when, how and why to prune it.
First of all, you need to determine which type of hydrangea you have. Most hydrangeas fall into one of these three categories:
1. Hydrangeas that bloom on old wood ('old' being defined as growth from the previous year). These are typically summer blooming and include H. macrophylla (your grandmother's Mophead hydrangea) H. quercifolia (Oakleaf hydrangea) and H. serrata (Lacecap Hydrangea).
2. Hydrangeas that bloom on new wood from the current year. These are typically fall blooming and include Hydrangea paniculatas ('Limelight', 'Tardiva' or 'PeeGee'), Hydrangea arborescens ('Annabelle'), or Hydrangea anomala (Climbing Hydrangea).
3. Hydrangeas that are remontant, meaning they bloom on old or new wood. 'Endless Summer' and 'Blushing Bride' are a few trademarked varieties considered to be 'everblooming', which produce flowers regardless of when they're pruned.
I live in Northern California, and when it comes to pruning my own hydrangeas I definitely have a 'laissez-faire' attitude. Due to our mild climate, I've had the same great results whether I've pruned my category #1 hydrangeas as early as September or as late as January.
How do I prune them? Once the flowers start to look dried up and lose their color, prune them down to the first or second pair of swollen buds. Here in Northern California, this usually occurs in December.
Why do I prune them? Most people don't realize this, but pruning hydrangeas is NOT a required annual event, but an opportunity to tidy up your plant. If there's any dead or spindly stems, cut them down to the ground. If you're pruning the shrub to control its size, you've probably got it in the wrong place. Mature hydrangea shrubs don't really respond well to this type of severe pruning. Consider moving it to another location where it can grow to its desired size, and you'll make your pruning job a whole lot easier!
Another reason to prune, is that sometimes older shrubs can become misshapen or spindly, benefitting from periodic rejuvenation. This is done by removing a quarter to a third of the oldest canes each year, cutting each cane down to the base. This will cause healthy, vigorous new growth to emerge, and after a few years of this you'll end up with a lush, healthy shrub.
My hydrangeas that fall into Category #2 are pruned by 2/3 in the late Winter (usually March). You can cut these types of hydrangeas within a few inches of the ground, but by doing so you risk tall and spindly stems the next year that flop over with the weight of the heavy heads of flowers.
And if you have hydrangeas that fall into Category #3, consider yourself lucky! It doesn't really matter when you prune them (just as long as they don't have flowers on them – obviously!) as they'll send out new growth, with new buds that will bloom that same year.
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Global Champions
The financial crisis and the ensuing global recession have ended a period of global growth that provided fertile ground for multinational companies. Much of the wealth created over the past few years was wiped out as financial markets collapsed around the world. Yet, at the end of 2008, while global stock markets were trading at levels well below those at the end of 2004, a select group of companies was bucking the trend. Despite massive share price declines from their peaks, 25 companies have generated nearly 15 percent value growth annually for the past five years. These companies are A.T. Kearney's Global Champions for 2009.
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Klum: Hello, everybody out there all over the world!
Have you accomplished any of your goals in life yet?
Yes. Most important thing, I've found my husband. My best
friend in the whole world. Being a Victoria's Secret model,
which was always my dream. Getting on the cover of Sports
Illustrated, magazines like Cosmopolitan, Glamour, GQ, German
Vogue and so on.... A little acting debut in Spin City, with
Michael J. Fox, which opened up a whole new door for me.
Guide Online: What haven't you accomplished yet?
That's a good one! There's many more things I want to
do. I am interested in movies. But I also want to have a family
with children one day, which is very important to me.
As a result of your appearances on Spin City, do plan
to expand your acting career, or are you primarily focused
on modeling?
My main focus is modeling. But I'm going to do three more
episodes for Spin City starting in March. And I had offers
for movies, but it still hasn't been the right one yet. But
I'd love to do one.
Do you think you will ever want kids, or do you have any currently?
I definitely want to have children. I grew up in a big family
with a lot of kids around, and I definitely want to have children
as well.
ashlyn_s: How do you stay in shape?
LOL! Always that question! The main thing is healthy eating,
exercise, which I do for special events, like if it's Sports
Illustrated, or the swim suit catalogue for Victoria's Secret,
or my own calendar that I did for the year 2000. I go and
train with a personal trainer. But I think the main thing
is all in what you eat.
Heidi, how little do you eat a day?
I actually eat a lot. I just eat the right things. For example,
for breakfast a little fruit. I love oatmeal with, like, fruit
in it, berries or bananas, you have to get creative with it!
You can actually make it taste good! For lunch, big salad
with chicken or pasta. For dinner, I do a lot of stir-fried
in the wok, with cabbage, all different vegetables, rice.
If you eat a big lunch and breakfast and a medium dinner,
you shouldn't have to eat all the munchy stuff in between
and you should be fine. People always starve themselves, and
then they get hungry, and then they eat the wrong things,
like chips or cookies or whatever they can grab. You can grab,
just eat healthy. Alcohol is not good either.
How much do you weigh? You look pretty thin. You need some
doughnuts and, like, meatloaf and stuff.
LOL! I think 127 or something, is that right? And do that
stuff too - sometimes. You have to treat yourself every once
in a while, get to the fun stuff!
How tall are you?
I'm 5' 9 1/2".
Do guys try to impress you a lot?
Not really. I find actually that most guys are intimidated.
And I don't understand why, because I don't think I'm a very
cold person.
A lot of girls are uncomfortable with themselves. How
do you manage to keep so confident?
LOL! Well, people always think that models are very comfortable
with themselves, very open and have no problems with anything.
But there are times when I'm intimidated by walking into a
room with a lot of people I don't know. Or I go somewhere
where I'm not wearing the right outfit. Or I have a big pimple
I can't hide! So everyone has that problem, models have that
problem, too.
Hi. Adam here... are models generally supportive of each other
and friendly or is there a lot of competition and hostility?
I have to say that there are a lot of models that I work
with that are very good friends of mine. And that it's sometimes
like a little family. Because you start to repeat and work
with the same people over again. And that's very nice. For
example, like Tyra and Rebecca Stamos. Laticia Casta.
How difficult is it to find a man who treats you for who you
are and isn't swayed by your incredibly beautiful looks?
I met my husband through a friend of mine. And at the time
we met, I wasn't really yet in the public eye. So he met me
during the early stages of my career. So it was maybe easier,
less pressure.
What kind of activities do you enjoy in your spare time?
I love painting. I love Rollerblading in the park. I love
going to movies. I love cooking. A lot. Going to the flea
markets. And really, seeing my friends.
What was it like before you became a model?
Well, I was going to school in Germany. And in my free time
I was dancing. I danced for 15 years of my life. Which was
my love and my passion.
What was the best advice anyone gave you on modeling or life
in general?
Modeling is a great job to be in. You travel the world. You
stay in one of the most fantastic places in the world. It
is not always as glamorous as it looks, it's a lot of hard
work, too, but it's a lot of fun at the same time. But all
the money in the world cannot make you happy either, so there
has to be a balance. But I think the most important thing
is to find the love of your life and have fun in love. And
enjoy and appreciate what comes to you.
How many days a week do you work?
A LOT!!!! Sometimes I have to fight for my weekends.
Do you get free clothes from the companies you model for?
People always ask me that. Very rarely can you keep the clothes.
Is it true that nobody actually knows who designs Victoria's
Secret clothing?
Exactly - it's a secret. And it's Victoria's secret, isn't
For your many photo shoots, is it a lot of fun to travel
to different parts of the world?
It's a lot of fun - once you get there. Sitting in a plane
going to Australia, for example, for 20 hours, is not so much
fun. But to be able to see these places is amazing.
Where is the most exciting place that you have traveled?
Hong Kong. The Maldives. Australia. Mexico. Brazil. Greece.
Turkey. That's enough.
Who's your current favorite musical artist? or what kinds
of music do you enjoy?
Mixed things. Cafe Del Mar. God, I have so many CDs. Acid
jazz. Or Randy Crawford, Michael Franks, Incognito, Propellerheads.
It's a mix.
What's the wildest thing that happened on a Victoria's
Secret shoot?
It wasn't on a Victoria's Secret shoot, but when I was hosting
a show for E, Wild On in Belize, I swam with 20 sharks.
Why isn't the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show broadcast on
Don't ask me. It is in Times Square. It's going to be
live in Times Square, and it's going to be live on a webcast.
And it's tomorrow, at http://www.victoriassecret.com Which
is great, so all my friends and family in Germany can watch
it too. And all of you out there too!
Do you have a web page (like www.Heidiklum.com)?
There might be one in the future, but I like the Heidi
Klum Extravaganza, http://www.fifty-five.com it is the best
site in German
Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?
Thanks for the compliment, but I actually have two horns coming
out of my head! Just joking!
How many hours does it take to shoot the photos on those ads?
We start early in the morning with hair and makeup. It
depends what time of the year it is. In the summertime we
start at 5:30 in the morning. And you're in hair and makeup
for, like, an hour and a half. Then you shoot till 11, when
it's on location. You have lunch till 2. Then you redo hair
and makeup again. And you shoot until the sun goes down. So
it's pretty much all day.
Who was the best model to work with and why?
Rebecca Romain Stamos. Because she's always been very supportive
to me and a good friend from an early age.
What's your favorite color?
Do you want to hire a guy to do your laundry and cook you
NO! I love cooking, I do it myself!
What school did you go to for modeling??
A school? I never went to a modeling school, and I don't suggest
to anybody that they go to a modeling school. You should go
with a good agency, and then you'll learn as time goes by.
pherngully: You seem intelligent... How far did you go in
your education?
I went to school for 13 years in Germany. And I finished my
degree to go to study. So if I want to still study, I can.
What models are you friendly with?
I work with Stephanie Seymour a lot, with Karen Mulder.
It was wonderful to see you as the '98 Sports Illustrated
cover girl. What were your feelings about being able to do
Well, I was already so happy being chosen to do the issue
itself, that when I got on the cover, it was even more of
a surprise and even more amazing to me. And I'm still jumping
up the walls about it. It has changed my career 100 percent.
How do you feel about the trend in "fashion" for ultrathin
I represent more the healthy, happy, curvy, strong woman.
And that sounds much healthier to me than being 80 pounds
and skinny as a bean. A woman is a woman!
Do you think, as a model, that they put too much emphasis
on models having pretty close to perfect bodies?
There's all different types of models, and there're also plus
models as well. But the majority is skinny. And it's controlled
by the fashion industry.
What is your next project in television or movies?
I'm going to do more episodes for Spin City with Michael
J. Fox starting in March. Then I'm hosting the TNT special
for Sports Illustrated, which is going to be at 8 pm/ET, on
TNT on Feb. 10, which I think is going to be a lot of fun
to watch.
I'm in Seattle. Are you going to visit anytime soon?
I never had a booking there! But you never know!
takeanote: So, do you get really nervous before you go out
on stage for a show??
Yes, I do. Because I'm on the runway with some of the best
models in the industry. So to get back to being intimidated,
yes, you get intimidated when you're on the runway with Naomi
Campbell, who is the best runway model in the world. So yes,
I get intimidated. Especially at the Victoria's Secret show
when a gazillion people are watching.
Ms. Klum, do you have a fan club, and if so, how do I join?
Most of my fan mail gets sent to my agency, Elite.
Hi, Adam here... Does an "ordinary guy" actually have a shot
with a Victoria's Secret model? :)
Absolutely. All depends on what is on the inside, and not
what they do. And not always how they look either.
What would be your perfect date?
I think the person should cook himself - there's a little
bit more effort involved than just taking you out to dinner
and letting someone else do the work. And building some ambiance
with flowers and nice music. But the cooking part is definitely
nice, even if the person isn't a good cook. It's a nice effort.
How much longer will you stay in modeling?
Depends on how good the wrinkling cream is working!
Are you a baseball fan? What are your favorite sports?
I like basketball, and I've been to three games, which is
so much more fun than seeing it on TV, I think. The Knicks
in Madison Square Garden!
What is the most expensive outfit you have ever worn?
I don't think it was the outfit, it was more the Harry Winston
jewelry I was wearing, for a charity. I don't remember how
much it was. I also wore a tiara from Cartier on their 150th
anniversary at the Metropolitan Museum, where I felt like
a princess. And I had a bodyguard that followed me everywhere.
What do you think of your article in GQ?
I thought it was written very nicely. And I loved the pictures,
which a good friend of mine shot, Robert Erdman.
How much time do you typically spend traveling in a year?
That's a hard one. I don't know. Sometimes I travel twice
a week by plane. And I've been overseas to Bali, the Maldives,
Hong Kong, Australia, which are all major long flights, all
in one year. And then I go to Europe a lot.
Schoenen Guten Abend!! I'm an intermediate student of German.
Any important or interesting sayings I should know?
Hallo, meine lieben freunde in Deutschland! Esgruesst euch
euere Heide. Which means, Hello, all my friends in Germany.
Best wishes, Heidi.
Would you ever consider divorce in order to marry me?
No! I'm very happy!
What's the hardest thing about being a Victoria's Secret model?
There's nothing really hard about it. It's a great client
of mine, and it's like a family. It's like working with your
family. They became all good friends of mine. I shoot with
them, like, one week out of every month, so you start to get
to know them very well.
What is the deal with the Victoria's Secret online fashion
It's the first time that people all over the world can watch
the Victoria's Secret show live. It' s like they have a ticket
to the show, basically. It starts tomorrow night, I think
at 7 pm. And it's at http://www.victoriassecret.com.
Guide Online: Thanks for joining us this evening. We had
lots of fun. Good luck with your modeling career, your home
life, and your future projects.
I had a great time chatting with all of you out there. It's
been a lot fun! And as I've been told, there have been over
9,000 questions, and I'm feeling very, very flattered. Thank
you very much! Love, Heidi.


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Convicted Scottish serial killer Robert Black, 65, is back in court this time in an attempt overturn his 12th life sentence. Black, a delivery van driver, was sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder of Jennifer Cardy, 9, in 2011. Jennifer was abducted in 1981 while biking to a friend's house. Her dumped, possibly sexually assaulted, body was found a week later. At the time of this trial Black had already been convicted of abducting and killing Susan Maxwell, 11, Caroline Hogg, 5, and Sarah Harper, 10, though he is a suspect in many more not just in England, but in France, Amsterdam, Ireland and Germany as well.
In January 2013 Black's attorneys essentially argued that at the 2011 trial the prosecution was allowed to improperly present evidence that made the convicted serial killer look like a serial killer. Defense attorney David Spens QC reportedly said, "The trial judge erred in admitting evidence of the defendant's bad character. He detailed the discovery of child porn and objects used for self-abuse in the appellant's home." Spens was referring to Black's extensive child porn collection, including over a hundred child porn magazines and over 50 video tapes, as well as his photos, self-portraits of Black, one with a wine-bottle up his anus, another with a telephone-handset, yet another with a table leg. At the time Black had explained to the incredulous officers that he wanted to see just how much he could fit up there.
The attorney also objected to the judge's having allowed prosecutors to play a 2005 recording from a police interview of Black discussing his fantasies of abducting young girls. At the time prosecutor's argued that black's fantasies had in fact been acted out on Cardy. In the book Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives, by John E. Douglas, Ann W. Burgess and Robert K. Ressler, these former FBI experts say, "fantasy assumes a crucial role in sexual murders … these men murder because of the way they think" and their thoughts lead them to murder. Now Black's defense is arguing "that they were nothing more than a fantasy" and should not have been allowed.
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Millions of Americans use cell phones but not all of them pay close attention to the charges on their bill.
Here's why you should: The Federal Trade Commission says you may be getting ripped off and not even know it.
The widespread practice is called 'cramming.'
Rene Marsh reports.
Victims of the scheme say it was buried on one of the many pages of their cell phone bill. Extra charges that went undetected -- in some cases for months before they noticed.
"One month of it being a little higher and we didn't think anything of it and it wasn't until three months of it being consistently higher that we finally looked into it and discovered we had been cramming victims."
Christie Hicks, a Chicago attorney, says she was the victim of a scam called cramming, "Consumers can pay for services by having it tacked onto their cell phone bills."
In the days following Hurricane Katrina text donations were billed to cell phone users with their permission.
But the Federal Trade Commission says, over the years, some companies with shady practices have taken advantage of the feature -- capturing cell phone numbers through web sites like these, or mobile app's.
"Malicious software that's downloaded on your phone after you download a app and that gets your phone number and somehow your signed up for some kind of service."
Once the questionable companies get your number they cram on the charges.
"You had to actually dig thru all 50 pages to find a single line that had this $9.99 charge on it"
Wise Media, the company hicks says crammed her, is the first the FTC has gone after -- filing a lawsuit in federal court.
The agency says Wise Media made millions, and much of it was from unauthorized charges.
Wise Media denies cramming customers and says the fees were for subscription services. An attorney for the company said costumers who requested a refund received one.
The FTC says this is the tip of the iceberg -- they plan to go after other violators and they have tough questions for cell phone companies who they say get a cut of the charges.
"How does this cut influence what happens here? What kind of profits are you getting?"


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As an addendum to Steven Soderbergh's SFIFF *rant* which has had the film blogosphere in a tizzy over the last 48 hours, as we're all talking about it, I thought I'd repost this entry which profiles one major Hollywood player (Ryan Kavanaugh of Relativity Media), giving the *outsider* an inside look at how studio films get greenlit and financed (some of them anyway) in the 21st century.
I first posted this in November 2009; and was reminded of it after watching Soderbergh's keynote speech last night, and thought it was worthy of a repost.
I also think it addresses questions that come up often on this site, like, why is a certain film being made? Why is this actor/actress being cast over some other actor/actress that you think is a better fit or more deserving? Why all the sequels? How are these decisions made? Etc...
Consider Soderbergh's speech as the artist's (filmmaker's) POV; and consider Kavanaugh's profile the other side of that *debate* - the POV of the financier/backer who funds many of the Hollywood movies that you see.
Yes, the piece if 4 years old, and a bit has changed since then; but it's still very relevant today. In fact, I'd say things are even worse now than they were then. So reading this again today, wasn't as sensational as it was reading it in 2009.
This should prove to be very enlightening and instructive for those of you not fully aware of the how and why movies get made as they currently are! Reading this piece from Esquire Magazine titled, Ryan Kavanaugh Uses Math to Make Movies, was rather discouraging, even though it doesn't reveal much that I'm not already somewhat cognizant of. However, it was all still saddening, and even maddening that this is what movie making/financing has come to be: content be damned; it's all about plugging in information into an Excel spreadsheet, and using whatever results are returned, to determine what films get made and which are trashed!
At the center of the article is Ryan Kavanaugh, a 34-year old, onetime venture capitalist, who now runs Relativity Media LLC, which sits on an estimated $2 billion in liquid assets, much of which comes courtesy of Elliott Associates, a New York-based hedge fund, with another $13 billion more where that came from. If you're not familiar with Kavanaugh and Relativity, you should be, especially if you're in the business, or plan on enterting the business, at some point, in some capacity.
Why? Well, as the article states, the majority of the movies made by studio giants like Sony, Universal and Warner Bros - about three quarters of them, in fact - rely on financing from Relativity Media. All told, Relativity, and thus Ryan Kavanaugh, will produce or co-produce maybe half of the movies that will be released in 2010. Which means that if you see a movie sometime in the next twelve months, there's a good chance that it's been financed, at least partly, by the red-haired, 34-year old Kavanaugh through his company, Relativity Media, LLC. Talk about power, right?
Even as studios continue to be affected by the economic downturn, Kavanaugh and Relativity seem immune! Why? Well, as stated in Esquire's piece, it's all thanks Kavanaugh's system - one based on mathematics, algorithms, etc.
To wit, this section of the piece:
"What I first see is a bunch of numbers," says Ramon Wilson, Relativity's thirty-year-old executive vice-president of business development. A former investment banker, Wilson leads a team of young-turk statisticians — Hollywood's equivalent of Moneyballers — who occupy a cramped, windowless back room littered with empty cans of Diet Coke. On a tall bookshelf, there are rows of thick black binders, each of which has the name of a movie stickered onto its spine: Zombieland, Charlie Wilson's War, Paul Blart: Mall Cop.
Before Relativity commits to financing a particular movie — either through its slate deals with Sony and Universal or on its own — it's fed into an elaborate Monte Carlo simulation, a risk-assessment algorithm normally used to evaluate financial instruments based on the past performance of similar products. Enough variables are included in the Monte Carlo for Wilson and his team to have reached the limits of their Excel's sixty-five thousand rows of data: principal actor, director, genre, budget, release date, rating, and so on.
After running the movie through ten thousand combinations of variables (in marathon overnight sessions), the computers will churn out a few hundred pages that culminate in two critical numbers: the percentage of time the movie will be profitable, and the average profit for each profitable run. The computers will also calculate the best weekend for the movie to be released, whether Russell Crowe will earn his salary or Sam Worthington will be good enough, and the box-office effect of an R rating versus PG-13. But for Kavanaugh, those are secondary considerations: Unless the movie shows the distinct probability of a return — no one at Relativity will reveal the precise green-light figure, but it's something like 70 percent — the script gets shredded. "Everything has to run on the principle of profit," Kavanaugh says. "We'll never let creative decisions rule our business decisions. If it doesn't fit the model, it doesn't get done."
And there you go! If that doesn't worry you, even just a little bit (especially if you're a creative type, interested in practicing your craft within the studio system), then you must have ice in your veins! Are these "kids" (although, really, they're both in my age group), their computer algorithms, and their 10-thousand permutations, really the future of movie-making in Hollywood? Given that about 3/4 of some of the biggest movies currently in production are partly or fully funded by Kavanaugh and company, that's looking to be the case!
As Kavanuagh further states:
"Volatility is a bad thing in any business," he says. "We're just not going to take big risks. That means we'll probably never hit a home run, because the model makes it hard for us to swing for the fences. We wouldn't have made The Matrix. But we wouldn't have made Waterworld, either."
It's antiromantic, Kavanaugh's singles-and-doubles model. Maybe it's bad for the future of art. Relativity will never make a movie that bends genres, or is set in Victorian England, or stars midgets. It will never make those movies, because the computers know that we won't go see them, even when they win awards and four-star reviews. "Do you know how many people saw The Assassination of Jesse James?" Kavanaugh asks, referring to one of his most beautiful early efforts. "You and seven other people. Paul Blart grossed nearly $200 million worldwide. I'll take Paul Blart all day, every day." And because he'll take Paul Blart all day, every day — and because he knows New Mexico can double as both the Middle East and Minnesota, and because he knows Natalie Portman is a bigger draw in France than you might reasonably expect — Ryan Kavanaugh still has money, and he's still making movies. He might even save movies...
This is how it goes folks... especially if your goal is to work within the world of Hollywood studio filmmaking.
Read the full 3-page Esquire article HERE. I strongly recommend it, if you're at all interested in movies!
By the way, Relativity Media is still run by Ryan Kananugh (who's still just 37 or 38 years old now); it has also since expanded, acquiring Rogue Pictures (a genre label), and is now more of a full-fledged film and TV production and distribution company, though it still co-finances other major studio film slates. It's also gotten into the music business, sports and digital media.
Reading this 4 years later, I laugh at my 2009 self; none of this gets a rise out of me anymore, as it once used to. Like I've said many times... a brotha is tired. Don't let me stop you though :)
NO BRAINER | May 2, 2013 12:30 PM
This is old news, man. Ryan Kavanaugh been sharing his strategy for years. It only speaks to the point Soderbergh is trying to make.
Rodney | May 1, 2013 1:45 PM
Keep in mind that in 2009, Relativity was one of many funds doing slate deals with the studios. Their theory of diversifying away risk and using statistical sampling to predict âsingles and doublesâ has been largely disproved. I recall commenting in the original post that the profit margin is in distribution and that these deals are generally sources of cheap money for the studios who continue to add to their large libraries and leverage those library values through their worldwide distribution systems.
The only real math that counts is the studio math, not that of the hedge funds.
Daryl | May 1, 2013 1:25 PM
Good Article Tambay, this is what I been saying, Hollywood is Wall ST and these guys don't care about the art of movies, they just care about making a fast buck, so why are we catering to people who don't love movies when we don't have to anymore? Let them be who they are and we will be who we are, the people that love the art of filmmaking.
Agent K | May 1, 2013 12:33 PM
I really don't see why anyone would get upset. If that is his MO, that's fine. If there are people that disagree, don't work with Relativity Media.