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All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Decorations : Pre 1940 item #1061671
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Neat award. Front shows a well done eagle. Rear reads FUR: BESONDERE LEISTUNG - DER OBERBEFEHLSHABER VON KAYSER GENERAL DER KAV . This reads as : Performance Award - The Supreme Commander Von Kayser General of Cavalry. It appears the Von Kayser was indeed in charge of mounted troops at some point before the war. Nice medal with a good amount of gold finish remaining.
All Items : Cyberattic : Pre 1940 item #1122993
Nice set of tunic removed SA collar tabs. Rank is scharfuhrer. Very good look to them.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Numismatics : Coins : Ancient : Roman : Pre AD 1000 item #1052029
Silver denarius of Severus Pius issued about 180AD. Reverse shows victory seated on throne.
All Items : Cyberattic : Pre 1940 item #1038461
Excellent example in clean, crisp condition. Serial number 31158. Marked RZM M1/120 Wilhelm Duemer of Ludenscheid. Good bit scarcer then the HJ equivelant.
All Items : Cyberattic : Pre 1940 item #1150375
Cool miniature artillery piece probably made by either Lineol or Elastolin. Marked "Made in Germany". I don't know if this carriage is supposed to be with this piece. The paint colors are a bit different but it does hook on just fine.
All Items : Cyberattic : Pre 1940 item #1245500
Good looking JFS Infantry Assault Badge. Lots of original finish remaining with no damage. Crisp JFS maker mark with characteristic ball hinge pin and hook assembly. Condition is excellent as per attached images.
All Items : Cyberattic : Pre 1940 item #1196437
Fascist militia antiaircraft sleeve shield. Nice piece but some damage to bottom corner. Priced accordingly but still a really nice item.
All Items : Cyberattic : Pre 1940 item #1203447
Porcelain propaganda plate made by Rhenania Duisdorf. Gold leaf transfer reads "Andenken aus Deutschland 1938 Heil Hitler" or "Souvenirs from Germany 1938 Heil Hitler". There is some gentle wear to the gold leaf but it remains quite strong. The three designs around the border have a subtle geometric fish scale pattern indicating a good degree of quality in workmanship. Backmarked Rhenania Duisdorf. Just under 20cm diameter. No chips or cracks...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Ephemera : Autographs : Pre 1940 item #1142202
1932 dated signed postcard of Beniamino Gigli. Gigli was an Italian opera singer who many consider to be one of the very finest tenors in the recorded history of music. Good sized signature is on bottom part of the photograph. This is from the estate of Edward A. Schaeffer, a family friend who passed away a few years ago. Collecting autographs of public figures from all walks of life was, for him, an obsession/addiction that brought him much happiness while he was still with us...
All Items : Cyberattic : Pre 1940 item #1245165
Very well made Red Cross of Merit. This is a higher grade Red Cross medal with very nicely executed enamel work on both obverse and reverse. Case us undamaged and form fit for this medal. Excellent example.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Uniforms : Pre 1940 item #1174332
Very nice Russian belt and buckle. Buckle is clean and in good condition. The brocade is lovely and has a real nice toned patina. Two clips for sword or dagger hangers. Some parts of the reverse are age faded a bit more then others but still really a great looking rig.
All Items : Cyberattic : Pre 1940 item #1236354
Brandywine Militaria
Very nice infantry assault badge by GWL. Lots of original finish leave this badge looking really solid. Great example.
All Items : Cyberattic : Pre 1940 item #1148957
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This is a late war side cap. Type used in the field. Has a nice combat look to it but the strap on one side is real weak right at the button (See last photo). Still a respectable piece priced right.
All Items : Cyberattic : Pre 1940 item #991619
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Nice fire fighter's dress dagger. Distributor marked "L&W H". Scabard paint is near excellent. Handle is excellent with some finish loss, but nice and tight with original washer. Blade is excellent with just a touch of plate lifting at tip on one side and a couple of very small nicks on the cutting edge. Overall excellent condition.
All Items : Cyberattic : Pre 1940 item #1140755
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Beautiful example of a classic badge. This example has a simply lovely chocolate patina throughout with original pin on the reverse. This badge was given to those who attended this famous rally in 1933. The importance of this rally was soon recognized and this badge became an officially recognized medal which could be worn on uniform. A must for any serious Third Reich collection.
All Items : Cyberattic : Pre 1940 item #1243842
Brandywine Militaria
Very nice four place ribbon bar. Obviously the value on this piece is the fourth ribbon which is for the NSDAP long service medal. The other three ribbons are 1914 Iron Cross, WWII War Merit and the Hindenburg Cross for WWI veterans. It is fun to theorize on who would have a particular combination of medals. With the 1914 EKII this fellow was probably a solid WWI veteran who apparantly then was an earlier NSDAP member to have gotten the NSDAP long service...
All Items : Cyberattic : Pre 1940 item #1146650
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Soft leather holster for a Walther P38. In good, original condition except for the addition of the rawhide strap that has the look of a veteran add on. Markings on back are not pressed on very hard so difficult to make out. Code looks like DKB but last letter is super faint. Below that is a "44" and what looks like a light waffenamt. Honest example.
All Items : Cyberattic : Pre 1940 item #976978
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Really neat small metal plate with Hitler and Mussolini. Above their busts is "VINCERE", and below is a nice looking eagle clutching a swaz and a fasces. There is a maker mark in lower left hand corner and a date that I can't read. I am not sure exactly what this plate was for but it certainly is interesting. Unfortunately, whoever pulled it off of whatever it was on was a butcher and the bottom fixture hole was ripped open and the plate has a bend in the middle. Measures 6x4 cm.


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Fort Apache is a 1948 Republic Pictures Western film starring John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, her then-husband John Agar, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Pedro Armendariz, and directed by John Ford. Fort Apache is considered, with She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and Rio Grande (1950), a part of Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy."Essentially a fictional retelling of the Battle of Little Bighorn, relocated to Monument Valley and using Apache instead of Sioux, the film details the arrival post-Civil War of by-the-book West Point graduate Colonel Owen Thursday (Fonda) to a remote and run-down cavalry post deep in Indian territory. Thursday quickly works to shape up the ragtag group of soldiers, occasionally butting heads with his underling Captain York (Wayne), a less educated but more experienced officer especially with dealing with the local tribes. When the Apache under Cochise rise up against the corruption of a government Agent, Thursday sees the brewing conflict as a chance to reclaim some of the glory he had during the Civil War, despite the protests by York that the Apache have legitimate grievances, and that the Apache are better fighters than Thursday thinks.The movie's subplot involves Thursday's daughter (played by Temple) Philadelphia (don't get started on where she gets her name) falling in love with the fresh-from-the-academy Lt. O'Rourke (Agar). Colonel Thursday doesn't approve of the potential match, primarily because O'Rourke's father (also stationed at the fort) is an enlisted man, but it's implied also due to then-prejudices against the Irish.Not to be confused with the 1981 Fort Apache, The Bronx, which is about an NYPD precinct in South Bronx (although the "Fort Apache" part is invoked).
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Villa Ante is located at the bottom of Mt Kozjak in place Rupotina,only 8 kilometers from the town,with beautiful view of Split and several Dalmatian islands.
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The villa is on two floors, the first floor is the living room with sofa, kitchen, bathroom and hall for billiards,balcony and large terrace with access to the garden and pool.
Second floor contains a kitchen, living room with sofa, LCD TV and fireplace, toilet, bathroom and two bedrooms with double beds.
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Jacen nodded as he read the list. "Hmm, what should I buy....?"
He smiled and shrugged. Suddenly, Sandra bursts out of her ball and then pointed at something on the sign. Jacen looked to see that she was pointing to Silk Scarf.
"Sand, sandslash sand," she gazed up at Jacen.
"You-want a silk scarf?" Jacen asked. The Sandslash nodded, smiling. Jacen shrugged. "Well, I guess. Come on." Jacen walked to the elevator with Sandra following behind him.
He came down a few moments later. Sandra had a scarf tied around her neck and had a grin on her face. Jacen smiled. Then to his surpise, Sandra walked up to Charlie's Pokemon for the first time.
"Umm, hi, we never spoke before. I am Jacen's Pokemon, Sandra," the Sandslash spoke in Pokemon. Jacen grabbed a coffee cup and sat down to watch the Pokemon endulge in conversation.
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Bryce Cotton and the Friars are headed to San Antonio
March 16, 2014
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It was announced on Sunday, March 16 that the Providence College men's basketball team will be a No. 11 seed and will play sixth-seeded North Carolina on Friday, March 21 in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
The Friars, who have posted a 23-11 mark and a 10-8 record in BIG EAST play (fourth), earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament by winning the 2014 BIG EAST Championship on March 15 with a 65-58 win over No. 14/14 Creighton at Madison Square Garden.
The Friars will be making their 16th appearance all-time in NCAA Tournament and first since 2004 when Providence lost to Pacific at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The Friars have posted a 14-16 mark all-time in NCAA Tournament play. The team has made two trips to the Final Four (1973 and 1987), four appearances in the Elite Eight (1965, 1973, 1987and 1997) and five trips to the Sweet Sixteen (1965, 1973, 1974, 1987and 1997).
Providence and North Carolina have never met in NCAA Tournament play, while the Tar Heels lead the all-time series, 2-1. The teams first met in the 1971 National Invitational Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 22, 1971, with the Tar Heels posting an 86-79 win. Then on Feb. 12, 1978, the Friars posted a 61-51 win over UNC in Providence, R.I. The teams last met on Feb. 10, 1979 in Chapel Hill, N.C., with the Tar Heels posting an 89-58 win on that day.
Providence is led by All-BIG EAST First Team selection and BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player senior guard Bryce Cotton (Tucson, Ariz.). Cotton ranks first in the league in assists (5.8 apg) and second in scoring (21.4 ppg). He also leads the nation in minutes played at 39.9 per game.
North Carolina has a 23-9 overall record and concluded ACC play with a 13-5 mark to place fourth. The Tar Heels lost in the first round of the ACC Tournament, dropping an 80-75 decision to Pittsburgh. Sophomore Marcus Paige leads the Tar Heels with 17.4 points per game and 4.3 assist per game. Junior James Michael McAdoo has a team-best 6.7 rebounds per game.
The Friars and Tar Heels are playing in the East Regional and the winner of their game will take on the winner of No. 3 Iowa State and No. 14 N.C. Central. That Third Round game would be played on Sunday, March 23. All game times are TBD.
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A Brief History of the NBA's Style Evolution
We may be in the midst of an NBA style golden age, but it wasn't always this good. Here is a look back through the decades at the peaks and (very, very) low valleys of the league's sartorial mystery tour
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Although most fashion in the '50s was pretty buttoned down, there were occasional moments of inspiration. Here, Bill Russell does his best dapper Southern dandy.
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Jamie is a brand strategist, marketer and founder of Brand Wise. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee where the chicken is hot and the coffee is strong. You can recognize her by her red lipstick.
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Photo credit: November Sun by Dan Huxley
As I mentioned in the last Colour Collaborative post, I see November as very much an orange month and the theme of 'leaf' certainly fits in with that. The picture above is very 'November' to me, rusty coloured leaves and low yellow sun in the sky.
Then look at the beautiful, rich colours in the picture below, wonderful, vibrant orange but with golden yellow, bright and ruby reds too. I love all the different shades these leaves make.
Photo Credit: Leaf Leaves by Jon Sullivan
But I wanted to move away from my original orangey thoughts, as I talked about those last time in the Colour Collaborative post for October: Halloween. This leaf picture above gives a totally different palette. I love the warm honey yellow and sticky browns against that dark, musty old green. What a fabulous contrast. I like that it has those dark shades in there, very appropriate for November where the plants are starting to blacken and die back.
But then, as things get darker and colder outside, we search for ways to lighten and warm the inside. This picture below seems like almost the next step on from the one above. A more extreme man-made version. This is a leaf on leaf effect, gold leaf onto nature's leaves. What a bold contrast that makes. Warm, glowing gold and deep velvet black. Wow!
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Then to end with one final contrast, I'm going from black to white.
There is something about November evenings, I've found these past couple of weeks, that make me want to turn the leaves of a book. Snuggled in bed, cozy and absorbed in the story, it's a simple and comforting pleasure. A tenuous link I suppose? I hope you'll let me get away with it though because I really wanted to show you how many colours of off-white these white pages make. I'm normally a bit of a colour obsessed sort, as you know, but I find this mixture of almost whites most appealing.
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Blu-ray and VOD are gaining in popularity on traditional DVDs. According to Nielsen, while 83.6% of consumers watched home entertainment on DVD or Blu-ray, 45% watched content via a video game console and 44% via a digital video recorder, re-emphasizing the increasing importance of streaming and time-shifted viewing.
Almost 32% more of consumers surveyed in 2012 said they would rather stream a rental movie than acquire the DVD, compared to the numbers in 2011. In a shift that indicates a move toward on-demand TV watching, 29% more of the 2012 respondents opted for transactional VOD for TV shows, compared with the previous year. Per the report, 12% more preferred Netflix for watching movies and 24% more upped use of a subscription video-on-demand service to watch TV programs.
With the increase in streaming service choices, came the decline of premium video-on-demand (VOD) business. VOD saw almost 8% fewer consumers who ordered movies. Per the report, respondents buying movies on DVD dropped almost 1%.
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- SeoulQueen Sep 24, 2010 09:07 PM
I haven't seen anyone post a recap of this episode? Sorry, I don't have the patience to do it, so will cut to the chase and go straight to the drama...
WTH with Seth??? In another thread, I had mentioned I had pegged the quiet potential pyscho... well Seth was in that category but I honestly didn't think he would snap/break down until further in the competition.
I just couldn't believe this 34yr old man wailed "The red hots are for my mommy" on national TV. He was acting and sounding like a 3 or 4 yr old, not a 34yr old! His behavior was really erratic during this entire episode and I was seriously starting to wonder if he has ADHD or is possibly bipolar.
I wanted drama, but good drama that comes out through competitive cooking. Not this type of drama where I'm questioning the emotional stability of a contestant. And this is only week 2!
If any contestant, not just Seth, is not mentally or emotionally strong enough for this competition, I would hope that the producers quickly see that and remove that person, rather than keeping them to try and prolong the drama and/or generate ratings.
re: skoolpsyk
Super embarrasing. Seth was ridiculous. I think he's effectively ruined any chances he might have of attaining additional opportunties when the show concludes. Because, seriously, who would want to work with that emotional nutjob?
re: attran99
I don't know if it will ruin opportunities for him, but I wonder what's happening in his life right now. It must have been tough enough on him during the recording of the show and then anticipating the nationwide telecast of the show and now it's happening. Mayber he is just fine with it if he ended up winning 100K and the title of Top Chef Just Desserts.
re: John E.
the previews for episode 4 show him acting quite strangely again and then show someone being treated by EMTs. wonder if the two are connected... tune in to see! ;)
re: jujuthomas
I saw that too and the person on the ground was of similar build and size to Seth. I also saw a group photo on some web page (I don't remember where) of the TC Just Desserts chefs that must have been taken after Seth was possibly removed by EMTs because he was missing.
re: John E.
hmmm, hmm, hmm! the plot thickens! ;)
re: jujuthomas
I just watched the end of episode 3. Just before they threw off the peanut butter cookie baker (Heather "Bangs") there was a promo for the show, something about voting online or something. Anyway, the photo I saw of the 11 contestants minus Seth was a still shot taken from that promo so Bravo themselves are showing that he's no longer in the picture.
The emotional outburst just seemed so contrived. He crumbled like an apple pie crust.
Here's a good recap:
re: GraydonCarter
Here's another with a great Seth picture caption. It's a little creepy in its Gail-centricity but the caption makes up for that (oogie) flaw. http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bell...
re: MplsM ary
OMG, that is too funny! Esp the photo of Seth and the accompanying caption. Man-baby is totally spot on description of him!
I wanted drama, but good drama that comes out through competitive cooking. Not this type of drama where I'm questioning the emotional stability of a contestant. And this is only week 2!
I agree. JD has the ability to be full of drama because baking is a science and so many more things can go wrong in the allotted time. Last week I questioned the emotional stability of Morgan, Seth's roommate, and now it seems like either I totally missed the boat on this one or there is more than one resident nutcase. Last week I thought Seth might be a contender to go all the way to the finals, but now I would be surprised if he lasts through the next episode.
I cannot even think of "The red hots are for my mommy" without laughing. I also feel sorry for all of the other contestants. Seth had two outbursts, and both were in front of respected chefs. If I were them I woudl feel embarrased and humiliated that another contestant acted that way, it was completely unacceptable.
Getting back to the food. I liked this challenge and I thought the chefs did a good job. There were many offerings that I really wanted to try....Margarita inspired one, and Zac's, I also wanted to try Zac's QF as well.
re: jenscats5
I agree and Yigit (5 yrs younger than Seth) is my hero for telling Seth AKA man-baby off at the Tar Pit. It seems like Seth likes to lash out at the female chefs - he appeared to be yelling at Heather H at the Tar Pit and he was definitely lashing out at Heather C in the stew room. As a female, I would be very worried for my safety having to share accommodations with him. He is so random and unstable that I can see him having a complete meltdown because someone moved his dessert and then physically trying to assault them, (probably with a spatula because he's a man-baby).
Keep in mind that these shows always have to have some major drama to "keep it interesting". After all, we couldn't possibly be statisfied strictly with cooking and baking skills and creativity, right?...
Who knows if Seth was encouraged to play up the bi-polar psycho routine. Obviously, the Bravo folks do. If he goes too far, we could possibly see him booted out, but I doubt it. Again, the drama factor sells, in their eyes.
While watching this show, I could envision Seth's mother having to deal with friends' and family's reactions. I feel for her.
Bravo (pardon the expression) to Yigit for telling Seth that he's not the only one with problems, but that the others put it behind them and focus on their work.
Seth's mommy-drama could well be contrived, but that racing around the kitchen is probably him all the way.
I'm hoping another contestant sticks their foot out while he's running...have a nice trip, Seth!
Of course we don't want him to get injured, just to SLOW DOWN. Didn't Mommy tell him not to run in the kitchen?
As to Seth claiming to be straight, well, denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
re: coney with everything
ITA! I just watched the first 2 episodes last night and the running he does is INSANE! He's a total mess. can't wait to see what happened last night! :)
Okay so I thought there would be more comments on this thread. Seth will ruin the show me. Some cattiness is to be expected and makes things interesting, but Seth is just one implosion/explosion after another. So they don't have you cocktail stuff behind the bar.. come up with another drink. Things are going to fall apart and if you can't handle it (and I don't mean crying about it but more so taking it out on other people) than you don't need to be there. I feel like he has only child syndrome (no offense to you only children out there). LIke maybe he's never had to share with others or had to learn that he isn't the best of everything. I mean Ep 1 he did well and he held himself together, but Ep2 he was a mess and a half. It's okay if you are pissed at yourself, but don't sit there and refuse to listen to everyone else and then act overly eager to help people and make up for it... It just comes off as fake. Not to be sexist, but I think at some point they should have a mens vs. womens section. Just to see who can play nice with each other and turn out things the smoothest.
To close out my rambling.. you see plenty of chefs who have a family and are missing their family which usually when they show that episode it is That chefs Kiss of Death.. but they manage. I understand his mom is sick and in the hospital.. was that not the case before entering? Did he not realize that this was going to be really in your face.. I mean top chef has been on for a while.. lets get a clue..
re: burgeoningfoodie
Seth does just bring out the inner psychiatrist in all of us, no? I find him hard to watch because I recognize some behaviors in my *young* boys, and pray I won't be that mommy on a reality show in 20 years. Yikes! (Note to kids: I don't care much for red hots...)
re: momjamin
Hey! That's my DAY job, and SO not what I want in entertainment. Glad I missed it!
From MplsMary's link:
"Seth runs out of nitrogen for his passion fruit sundae. This sends him into meltdown mode where he throws utensils, starts crying, and crawls under the counter to hide and suck his man-baby thumb. Seriously? As the other chefs sport their WTF looks, Elizabeth Falkner comes over to console Seth and drag him back to Sanity Island. He then howls, "The Red Hots are for my mommy!" Guess Sanity Island's a lot farther away for Seth than Elizabeth knows."
I think this may be the FIRST TIME IN TOP CHEF HISTORY that a cheftestant has collapsed on the floor, consumed by psychosis ...
Cant wait till Wed.
So our DVR blipped and recorded the first 10 minutes, just before the breakdown, and started again into the EC when they were making the drinks. What happened (I've seen a small part on Hulu but couldn't find more) and who won the QF with which dessert? What did they say about Seth's red hot dessert? I need LindaWhit's recap!
re: chowser
The Weecap here should hold you --
re: Sarah
That's funny--thanks. I've checked other sites but forgot that one. Love this:
"Seth who is losing his shit again, curled up in a ball in tears, and is muttering things like, "The Red Hots are for my mommy!" while everyone stares awkwardly, because these are not things that should come out of a grown man's mouth on national television."
Seth is the first person on TC that is so annoying to watch that I am seriously considering not even watching the show. There are others I can't stand (Spike, Dale, Marcel) but none of them annoy me so much that I would change the channel. Seth is Top Disaster.
re: cigarmedic4
Not a fan of the drama but I like this show more than I thought I was going to. I like the competitions. Check out this movie (being called The Culinary Hurt Locker):
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Filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus have captured an epic, never-before-filmed test of France's finest artisans- the prestigious Meilleurs Ouvriers de France competition. The film captures the high-stakes drama of the competition – passion, sacrifice, disappointment, and joy – in the quest to become one of the Kings of Pastry.
re: californiabeerandpizza
Saw this movie and met the directors and the chef when they came to our local documentary film festival. It actually opened the show. I hope though that this is a rough comparison between the two events. One is Top Chef Just Desserts where you have to make a cupcake and the other is a premiere competition making really REALLY creative artistic culinary designs.
On a similar page, if you ever watch the somewhat dumb cake competitions on Food Network when they pair a chef up with a local or with someone they've not worked with before.. they become pretty tense and unhappy about it.
re: burgeoningfoodie
No comparison intended, thought the Just Dessert watchers might find it interesting.
re: cigarmedic4
While I get what some are saying and as I have personally practically begged for less drama on Top Chef, somehow this whackado, over the top craziness in pretty pastels is like a bizarro world Top Chef and I admit I'm hooked. Jeesh, mix a metaphor, whydoncha?
I can hardly wait for tonight's episode when a judge (who I'm sure is somebody I should recognize but don't), says, "Wow, you can almost taste the resentment in her cookie." I heard this a few days ago and I've been mulling over what kind of cookie could possibly be resentment filled… Snicker-too-much-doodle? Short-temper-bread? Chocolate-chip-on-your-shoulder cookie? My DVR is set.
re: MplsM ary
re: MplsM ary
Too funny. She must be the cookie whisperer.
re: MplsM ary
oh, you're killin me! LOL
re: MplsM ary
Peanut assault and buttery cookie?
re: momjamin
Nice... Maybe Seth will make his rendition of Thin (Skin) Mints?
re: ribeye621
Hee hee. And don't forget Oatmeal ScoRtchies.
But I think Ginger Snaps have the most potential for resentment-filled.
I have some restaurant experience and don't quite recall pastry chefs being such primadonnas. Am I wrong? I really enjoy TC, even when Hosea won, but TCJD is just so over the top. I refuse to reward bad behavior by tuning in and making celebrities out of guys like Seth. These contestants are just so darn unlikeable. I deleted my series recording after Episode 1.
re: jindomommy
Doesn't it seem that ALL of these contestants are wound a little tight? They may not be thrashing on the floor, but they all seem a touch more nervous than the savory TC competitors.
re: StewieBoy
I don't think nervous is the word I'd used.. emotionally fragile (be it crying or anger) is better. Maybe they make so many sweet items to hide all the bitterness in their life.. (j/k)
re: burgeoningfoodie
I'm with Heather H on this--it's cake, why cry over cake?


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JMM gets huge props, he just made his entire career on Saturday.
That said- I'm really hating the disrespect for Manny on these forums. I'd like everyone to remember he's a real guy with a family and he has been incredibly graceful in the midst of a crushing defeat.
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What I found weird was how he hit. Even Paul Williams was able to land on his cheek despite the fact that he was out. Manny went face first into the floor.
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Good for Marquez, but Pacquiao is ok. Pac's face hit the soft canvas. His nose was broken by the punch. Pac might have a concussion because his face and head did hit the canvas with a sickening thump as the fans in the front row demonstrated their horror with the looks on their faces...but Pac is ok.
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Are you a troll, or the biggest sh1thead ever ?
You, are the reason why I am soooo happy that Plankiao got stretched.
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I had mixed fellings about it Idident like how light died It was too difrent than the way I thought he should have. I mean being guned down. "and I know thats not exactly how he died but he was pretty much dead alredy. I thought It would have been better if he went down in a blaze of glory and took ner with him.
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GM: No desire to deal Cliff Lee
Philadelphia Phillies ace Cliff Lee sounded Thursday like a frustrated player who wouldn't mind trying to win somewhere other than Philadelphia.
His general manager responded Friday, saying he had "no desire" to trade Lee -- or fellow pitchers Cole Hamels and Jonathan Papelbon, for that matter.
Amaro was just as adamant that it was illogical for the Phillies to consider trading Papelbon. The 32-year-old closer is in the second year of a four-year, $50 million contract that contains a vesting option for 2016.
"People would like us to improve our club, but at what cost?" Amaro said. "You have to have replacement pieces if you're going to trade someone like that. And we don't have a guy who I consider a closer on our club other than Papelbon. He's the best we've got and one of the best in baseball, if not the best.
"I believe you have to have a closer to win and have success, and I believe in having a [true] closer. Not a closer by committee. A guy who stops the game when you're supposed to win late. We don't have a replacement to do that. ... And I don't see any closer on the market who would be anywhere near as good as Papelbon. I just don't see it. So if you want to win, why would we want to trade a guy like that?"
Amaro's remarks came one day after Lee and the offensively challenged Phillies barely won a 3-2 game in Minnesota despite outhitting the Twins 16-3.
Afterward, Lee danced away from multiple questions from the media about whether he wanted to stay in Philadelphia.
Here is how a portion of that Q-and-A went, according to CSNPhilly.com:
Q: "If it doesn't turn around, do you want to stay?"
A: "I definitely want to win. There's no doubt about that. I want to win. I don't know how to say it besides that. I want to win."
Q: "If it doesn't turn around, are you prepared to stay here for two months and play out the string?"
A: "I don't have any control over that. I know that I want to win, and I'll voice that to whoever. And that's that. I want to win here. That's why I signed here, and that's where my focus is."
"Lee said at another point: "The past year and a half hasn't gone the way I anticipated, but that's why you play the games. You never know. I don't think anyone here is happy with the way we've played over that time frame. It's due to a lot of injuries. There's some good excuses, but they're still excuses. We're the Philadelphia Phillies. We should play better than we have."
If we have those guys at the top of our rotation, we're a better club. ... It starts and ends with pitching, as far as I'm concerned. So the more quality pitching you have, the better chance you have to build around that to win." -- Ruben Amaro Jr. on Cliff Lee
and Cole Hamels
Amaro said he empathized with Lee, who had the seventh-worst run support in the National League last year and has seen the Phillies score three runs or fewer in eight of his 14 starts this year, but only to a point.
"I feel the same way," the GM said. "I just want to win too."
But Amaro, whose team is three games under .500 (32-35) and 7½ games out of first place in the NL East, went on to say that even if the Phillies don't play their way into contention over the next month, he wants to build around Lee and Hamels, not trade them.
"My job is to try and put a contending team on the field every year, and we have a much better chance to be a contending team with both of those guys on the club," he said. "If we have those guys at the top of our rotation, we're a better club. ... It starts and ends with pitching, as far as I'm concerned. So the more quality pitching you have, the better chance you have to build around that to win."
Amaro said he "understands Cliff's frustration" about the team's record and lack of offense. But the GM said Lee's hints about wanting to leave are "not really a factor" in the club's thinking.
"He doesn't have a 'trade-me' clause," Amaro said. "So while I understand that he wants to play for a winner, I think we can provide that for him in Philadelphia."
Amaro also dismissed, for the second time in a week, the idea that the Phillies need to blow up their team to get back into contention, in either the short haul or long haul.
"Whether you're talking about retooling or rewrapping or taking a different direction, I think there are ways we can do that," he said. "But when you start talking about blowing it up, you're basically saying you're going to start from scratch. And that's not happening."
Even if the Phillies decide to sell and commit to holding onto their pitching, "We have plenty of people to trade," Amaro said. He also said he thought his team would have significant payroll flexibility after this season, when "four or five guys come off the payroll."
Chase Utley, Carlos Ruiz, Roy Halladay and Michael Young -- four players whom the Phillies will pay a combined $46 million this year -- will all be free agents after the season. And that, Amaro said, "will give us the ability to figure out what we want to do, whether we want to utilize those dollars to re-sign those players or utilize those dollars to bring someone else in here to help us win."
But Amaro said he saw no reason the Phillies would have to move one of their high-paid starters to create even more flexibility.
"I have no desire to trade those guys," he said, then added, "At all."
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Anthony Richie of Grove City College in New Jersey caught two touchdown passes to help lead Team Stars and Stripes to a 29 – 7 victory over the Mexico college all-stars in the Bowl of the Stars on Saturday.
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Central College jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead and held on to beat Coe 21-7 in the 2013 football season finale Saturday.
The "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda's" are tough to look back at, but they are especially difficult to the Central football team this season, who have lost four games by a combined 12 points.
Central's football team nearly pulled off the victory over Wartburg on Saturday, but a fourth quarter field goal by the Knights helped them edge the Dutch, 16 – 14.
A stingy defense and a powerful offense do battle this afternoon in Waverly, as the Central football team plays Wartburg in a big Iowa Conference match-up.
Twenty-one first quarter points were well more than enough for the Central football team to take care of a lowly Loras squad on Saturday, winning 48 – 3 in dominating fashion.
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The Central College football team made it two straight wins Saturday with a 22-12 victory over Luther.
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Defensive lineman Danny Samson for the Central football team was named to the D3football.com team of the week for the second time in 2013 thanks to his impressive showing against Buena Vista on Saturday.
Central's football team took the lead late and used a huge special teams stop and score to punctuate a 23 – 13 win over Buena Vista on Saturday afternoon.
Someone will leave Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium with their first Iowa Conference win this afternoon, as Central welcomes rival Buena Vista into town.
A defensive battle went the way of Simpson on Saturday afternoon, as the Storm beat Central 14 – 10.
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Third down penalties, dropped passes, bad passes, fumbles. You name it, it happened to the Central football team on Saturday in their 23 – 21 loss to Dubuque for Week One of Iowa Conference action.
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Central College dominated the line of scrimmage and cruised to a 31-6 homecoming victory over Albion of Michigan in the rain Saturday afternoon.
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It's an IP-63-certified case that can protect your goods from drops, dings and spilled liquids. While it's largely aimed at those who transport an external 2.5-inch portable hard drive, it can also fit a Nintendo DS/i and other comparably sized products, such as a digital camera. LaCie includes a few pieces of removable foam to remove or add padding accordingly to the size of your gadget.
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Fill in the blanks here and you have the endlessly repeatable story of every single postwar crisis, real or imagined, that the United States has faced. "Saddam as Hitler" is scarcely the last appearance of the Munich analogy. Though it was ignored at the time, Kennan himself was not really appealing to the story about the 1930s or even talking much about the totalitarian threat to freedom. His comparison was actually negative in that Stalin, unlike Hitler, wasn't given to adventurism but was quite sensitive to material differences of power. Hence Kennan was optimistic, the West being objectively much stronger than the Soviet Union.
That Kennan did not invoke the appeasement analogy perhaps owed something to the fact that he had had strong affinities for appeasement in the late 1930s. The chief reason, however, was that, as a conservative of the communitarian and sometimes authoritarian kind, he was suspicious of generalities, particularly historical analogies featuring "abstractions." He preferred particularities, or what he called "realities." Stalin was real. The apparatus he controlled at home and abroad was real. Communism, by contrast, was something else. Kennan was thus never a conventional anticommunist. He was against communism and fought communists, sometimes with means he would later regret. He certainly thought, at least for a while, that the Stalinist dictatorship should be fought fiercely in every conceivable way but open war. But he had no sympathy for the idea that the United States was engaged in a universal struggle against a singular, monolithic enemy called communism.
As with all ideologies and grand abstractions, however, he viewed communism as an illusion and a delusion. And the same held true, if not with the same degree of perniciousness, for the ideology of US universalism. As Kennan later put it, he did not find "any special universal virtues in our political system or our way of life." He considered it a product of unique historical circumstances, like its Soviet counterpart, and not to be applied formulaically across the universe.
Being ideologically anti-ideological, Kennan said more about Soviet ideology in his foundational texts than he usually did, much to his later regret. The notion of containment, nevertheless, was not really about ideology. His account of the Soviet Union had centered, as was his wont, on its alleged "nature" as a specific phenomenon. As was also his wont, the analysis was couched in a language seductively metaphorical and suggestive--a language whose sources of inspiration had little to do with the ideology of the embryonic cold war.
First, "containment" was the language of disease and disease control. Soviet communism was for Kennan "a malignant parasite." To prevent spreading infection and epidemics, one must initially diagnose the disease and identify the nature of the parasite--its developmental logic, so to speak--after which it might be isolated and encircled, its potential targets (suitably important ones) inoculated. Witness the Marshall Plan: Deprived of feeding grounds, the parasite would eventually die out or mutate into something essentially benign. Second, "containment" was the language of flood control, managing an overflowing river that threatened to invade every available opening and destroy everything in its way. The spatial imagery evokes dams, walls and physical obstacles. How Kennan's prescription would eventually serve to overcome these obstacles was far from clear, one reason he found himself attacked by strident cold warriors. Whatever the image, the fact remained that, for Kennan, Soviet policy was entirely a product of its internal nature, not of anything that the outside world--i.e., the West--might be doing politically. One does not negotiate with a parasite or an overflowing river: One acts energetically to stop them, in the event of a crisis.
The problem with this view, of course, was that the Soviet regime was none of those things. As Kennan himself would write (though after Stalin was gone), the Soviet leaders were "in the business of national power. They have inherited the governmental responsibility for a great state--one of the major traditional units in the contemporary international family--with its people, its history, its traditions, its aspirations, its prejudices, and its rivalries. Like others who are in business, they like to win friends and influence people." Decent relations between states, he now insisted, must "be dialectical ones, embracing contradictory elements," featuring both "pressure and conciliation," a willingness to defend as well as a willingness "to concede" and "to be generous." This was not the spirit of the global project of the United States known as the cold war.


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A fourth Bell 412 helicopter has been delivered to the New York Police Department. The NYPD currently has three Bell 412s in service for a variety of missions ranging from search and rescue at sea to gathering intelligence and more recently, combating terrorism.
"The mission has changed rapidly. Now aviation is being used more as a force multiplier for patrol, gathering intelligence, counter-terrorism and the detective bureau," remarked Captain James Coan of the NYPD Commanding Office. "We have a 64 year relationship with Bell Helicopter and we are very happy with them," added Capt. Coan.
The NYPD began utilizing the Bell 412 (similar aircraft pictured in file photo) for air-sea rescues and has now expanded their usage of the versatile aircraft to include counter-terrorism and other law enforcement missions to protect the city. The NYPD dedicated many hours to tailoring and designing the specifications of their third Bell 412 in order to meet the demanding and diverse needs of the largest police department in the United States. One of the counter-terrorism additions to the Bell 412 is a radiation detection system that can identify radiation signatures from an altitude of 200 feet in an effort to protect the city from nuclear bomb threats.
"The NYPD is one of the most recognized police aviation units in the world. They are a symbol of America and we are very proud they choose Bell helicopters for their heroic missions," said Danny Maldonado, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Bell Helicopter. "We give our most sincere thanks to the NYPD for selecting Bell Helicopter to be a part of their future," Maldonado added.
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Didn't have the latest security patches
Security 13 11:40
Woundup Windows XP hype-fest commences
And who are we to give it as miss?
Software 13 11:41
Maxtor in disk mounting spindle shake-up
70% fewer parts in latest drives
Business 13 12:40
Fatal lorry crash text message trial
Judge calls it 'wickedly dangerous'
Data Networking 13 12:43
Doom, Marathon back from the gaming grave
Play it again, Sam...
Mac Channel 13 12:50
Orange finally valued
10 euros a share or £30.8bn in total
Business 13 13:28
AOL tells MPs 'broadband held back by BT'
But saves major bashing for legal battle
Data Networking 13 13:30
Guess who Saddam's favourite server manufacturer is
The dictator goes shopping in Edinburgh
Security 13 13:43
PC World's bargain P4 beast
We never said you should buy it
Business 13 14:24
BTinternet users banned by IRC network
DALnet klines users after rogue BT user spreads Trojans
Security 13 14:26
Hardware site Anandtech defaced
With rubbish rewrite of Eminem song
Security 13 15:08
BT comes clean on Mac ADSL support
Drivers definitely by the end of February... maybe...
Mac Channel 13 15:16
Be funny and win a toboggan
Plus a copy of Office XP
Bootnotes 13 16:10
MP miffed by AOL
Kaufman fiddles with client and gets nowehere
Bootnotes 13 16:19
New York students threatened in online 'hit list'
Site creator protected by First Amendment
Media 13 16:28
Pedo porn ring gets slap on wrist
Max sentence of 30 months for wOnderland crew
Media 13 17:15
PlusNet woes continue. More to be kicked off?
New 'reasonable use' guidelines
Media 13 17:23
Reuters profit hit by Net transformation
It made a paltry £411 million in 2000
Business 13 17:26
Dr Tom's advice on living cheaply
He revives a 1995 socket 5 system
Hardware Roundup 13 17:57
E-minister has another stab at selling wireless licences
How long d'you reckon before they give them away?
Data Networking 13 18:01
Anna Kournikova bug drops harmlessly onto the Net
'Potentially devastating': you cannot be serious!
Security 13 18:20
Early death for 98 as MS pushes WinXP – public beta confirmed
One of those crummy preview program things, actually, and there'll likely be a 'handling charge'...
Software 13 20:26
The unbearable lightness of DRAM
128Mb SDRAM chips dip below $5
Business 13 22:28
US DSL indie market 'near total collapse'
Old timers doing pretty well
Data Networking 13 22:30
Anna-bug author OnTheFly 'fesses up
It was her fault for being so pretty
Security 13 22:51
Mitnick movie on DVD
Pretty bad hacker flick -- you'll love it
Security 13 23:59
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