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The Vampire Diaries Review: Garden of (Getting) Evenby Matt Richenthal at . Comments
Despite what you may have read on Twitter or been told in The CW promo for "Original Sin," the Ripper did not return to The Vampire Diaries tonight. Stefan managed to suppress his blood thirsty past self.
Instead, viewers were introduced to an entirely different kind of dangerous being: a crazy, controlling, paranoid, dream-implanting, spell-binding witch named Qetsiyah. And she was totally awesome.
Janina Gavankar (always a TV Fanatic favorite) played this character as both vulnerable and violent, dangerous and deranged. She's not a villain. She's not a protagonist. She's simply a woman scorned... who happens to be a very powerful witch, meaning those that cross her don't end up with their faces cut out of photos.
They end up with their one true love's heart cut out of her body.
Qetsiyah was the driving force behind an episode that managed to be both very focused and very scattered. There was no Bonnie, no Jeremy, no Caroline and only sort of a trace of Matt (more on that below). The hour told just one story, but what a bat $hit crazy story it is....
- Silas was in love with Amara, the first Petrova Doppelganger. He wanted the two of them to live forever, so he pretended to be in love with Qetsiyah in order for her to make them an immortality spell.
- Then he stole it. He took it with Amara and Qetsiyah created The Cure in retaliation, which she fed to Amara in what we'll affectionately call The Garden of Getting Even.
- She then tried to force Silas to take it, but he refused... so she locked him away for 2,000 years and watched from The Other Side (which she also created as a barrier for Silas), growing more and more frustrated when he was freed and The Hunters she sent after him failed to do their job.
- When Bonnie lowered the veil, Qetsiyah escaped and set her sights on Stefan because she could use his mind to get inside Silas' and prevent him from compelling everyone and their grandmother.
- Which she succeeded in doing this week... and here we are.
It's complicated stuff. All the exposition bogged down the episode a bit, especially when we're talking more doppelgangers, curses, witches, other sides, lowered veils, shadowed selves, mind compulsion and Travelers. Not exactly your everyday fare.
Yes, this is what often makes The Vampire Diaries so great, its total craziness and off-the-wall storytelling. But the momentum train (choo-choo, right, Damon?) is forced to slow down when viewers must hit rewind multiple times just to make sense of everything. So let's cut to the bottom line here:
Qetsiyah - sorry, not calling you Tessa, that's too simple a name for an admittedly complicated creature - is after Katherine to use her blood as The Cure than can finally kill Silas. And Silas is also after Katherine to purportedly drain her blood and rid the world of The Cure once and for all.
Oh, and the universe wants Stefan to end up with Elena. Or at least the doppelganger who looks like Stefan to end up with the doppelganger who looks like Elena. It's an interesting twist. It throws an interesting obstacle into the whole Delena 4 Eva thing.
Damon has taken on werewolves, hybrids, evil professors, mean uncles, angry hunters, blonde cheerleaders and Jeremy. The guy is good. He's tough and he's got charm that could even make Hayley on The Originals smile. But can he defeat destiny? And is destiny really working against him? Let's remember the source of that revelation here: Qetsiyah. She isn't exactly the most stable individual.
But while Qetsiyah was thoroughly entertaining, the destiny issue casts new questions over the show's perpetual love triangle and I appreciate the tight narrative at play here, I did have two major beefs with the installment:
- Enough with various characters taking on the personas of other characters already! It was a lazy storytelling crutch for Silas to constantly fool those around him on The Vampire Diaries Season 4 when he magically appeared as their friends or loved ones and it's a lazy storytelling crutch now to have Gregor inhabit Matt's body... especially because we know nothing about Gregor and Nadia. These Travelers have just been dropped in our laps and Katherine spoke for all of us when she screamed: Who are you and what do you want?!?
- The amnesia angle is dumb. Stupid. Ridiculous. Awful It's the most tiresome cliche in the soap opera world and it's rather depressing that The Vampire Diaries would actually resort to it here.
What did everyone else think? Where does "Original Sin" rank among craziest episodes in Vampire Diaries history? Are you buying this Damon vs. Destiny thing? Do you find the amnesia development and mind-numbingly lame as I do? Was Caroline off hooking up with Jesse while all this was going on?
And, seriously, how awesome is Qetsiyah?!
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What annoyed me and stopped me from watching it is that some how the original doppleganger has an American accent and knows perfect English. Even though she was from Europe ? And has been made of stone for ages ?
Not Alea , Amara sorry!
The season really picked up in this episode, but instead of developing storylines introduced over the past seasons, the writing has become really sloppy, especially when it comes to the whole doppelganger storyline. We learned way back in Season Three the origin of the Petrova doppelganger and how important she, or rather her blood is to not only Klaus, but also Esther and any spells she tries to cast. We also learn that wherever she appears history repeats itself, ie she seems destined to destroy the lives of anyone she makes contact with. Way back in Season Two, we learn that Klaus and even Elijah's devastating betrayal of Katerina's trust in England has made her the person that she is. The writers try to salvage at least Elijah's character when he joins forces with her in Season Four (only for him to walk off in disgust when he learns of Jeremy's death), Unfortunately, the writers have abandoned Tatia and her involvement in the Originals fate, in favour of the Silas/ Stefan /Alea/ Elena storyline. They seem to be piling on the stories and even just making them up as they go along.
Klaus and Elijah tell Stefan and Damon about their tragic love triangle with Tatia and refer to her as the originator of the Petrova bloodline doppelgangers. It appears now that not only was she a doppelganger herself, but she was not aware of this fact herself (how could she be), nor were the Original Family. Was Esther aware of Tatia's supernatural origins. Now another storyline has been added to reignite the Stefan /Elena love story (soulmates!) and show Damon he doesn't stand a chance. a) was there a Stefan doppelganger around Tatia's and Katherine's time. As others have written, wouldn't Elena and Damon's love be a good thing as it seems to break the destructive Silas / Alea cycle.
I'm finally catching up n the season and watched the first three episodes over the weekend and this has been my favourite episode of the season. I think the reviewer is being overly critical and is trying to influence the audience.
Alright people are blaming Plec for writing this but she is writing The Originals right now, so someone else wrote this episode. I do agree that this was not my favorite episode and i think that they should at least give Damon and Elena a season together. I also think Katherine is way more interesting now that she is human and the triangle may become a square.
I loved how this episode explained more about the Qetsiyah/Silas/Amara love triangle, and all that stuff with the cure. I'm just a bit confused about how it all fits in with the Original vampires. That is one huge coincidence! The doppleganger from the very first immortal was used to create the next immortals? Wow, that's gonna be hard to justify. The destiny crap about Elena and Stefan being together, even though I hate it, actually leaves a lot of room for a good story line. Maybe it means that Katherine and Stefan will end up together, because she was the one he met first. Maybe it means that Elena will have this whole "fighting destiny" conflict, and she can create her own future by choosing Damon. That would be pretty cute. Overall, Delena HAS to prevail. About 70% of the audience is team Delena, and the writers would never disappoint their fans like that.
Everyone loves Qetsiyah. I have to say I also find her adorable. I want to see more of her. However, she is leaving something out of the story of Amara and Silas. Amara was human when her heart was cut out so she cannot be behind the veil. If Silas takes the cure and he dies then he won't be behind the veil as well. So why didn't Silas take the cure to be with Amara his one true love. Qetsiyah seemed to only want them dead not separated for eternity in the after life. Now I would get the revenge angle if she killed Amara as a supernatural and left her behind the veil and then killed Silas as a human and kept them separated forever but something is not adding up. What are the writers not telling us? The destiny angle, not buying it. If you haven't noticed the Amara doppelgangers are always tied up with two brothers. Tatia was Elijah and Klaus, Katherine was Elijah and Klaus and then the Salvatores and now Elena is in repeat of Katherine. Guess, we'll have to watch.
Now it is said that Elena and Damon love is doomed for what Tessa told Damon, that their love wont last as it is destiny. I mean all the trouble to bring thoe 2 together until now, only to say that their love wotn last? Thatis ridiculous. I mean Elena and Stephan had theri chance at loving each otehr for 2 season almost 3, and now that Damon and Elena are togehter, they wont give them a chance to love each other cause according to the story, their love is not meant to be and may be over soon? Common Julie or the writers give them a chance to be a couple, Elena had her chance with Stephan
Maybe Elena and Damon being together is because one of the doppelgangers (Elena) is finally strong enough to tell the supernatural frackers that have been trying to control her life and the life of everyone else she knows to go to heck.
1) if this doopleganger theory is correct then stefan and katherine are meant to be together then not elena. fed up of plec finding some way to make this triangle thing stick!!! ugh we have evolved now please keep up.
2) amnesia meh, the sl was interesting until that part. liking tessa but was obvious who she was when she was introduced. interesting where this is going to go hopefully she'll bring back bonnie and turn katerina back into a vamp and she'll go to NO and find Elijah and awake him and live happily together......
3)the matt story im not complaining finally he has his own sl without the others, give it a chance. wondering how the travellers are connected to this story and interested to what they are categorised as


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"Actually, they're CZ's."
–Jon Gosselin, 1977-2012
On the one hand, Nancy Grace has a point. It does seem ridiculous and contradictory for Jon Gosselin to suddenly claim that the show is hurting his children/family as soon as he has been fired from said show. Whether or not he is broke is none of my business (and none of my things that I care about), but he can relax with the whole Great Defender of Children's Well Being routine. On the other hand, Nancy Grace's face is made entirely out of Dollar Store makeup and paracasein, and her opinions hold all of the weight and gravity of a thing that holds no weight and gravity whatsoever. Because she's an idiot. And she lives in a closet, scaring children.
So let's just say they're both wrong and bury them in the ground. (Via GoldenFiddle.)
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I hate it when people make me want to defend Jon Gosselin. Damn you Nancy Grace.
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How is Nancy Grace an idiot? I don't get that at all. She is a twat but she is only that way to people who have it coming. Yet another person I like that Videogum shits on.
In this instance, she refuses to allow him to speak or make a response to some of her assertions or assumptions.
I too enjoy her direct, no nonsense style (in tiny doses) but this made me uncomfortable to watch.
Plus, she's beastly looking.
In *my* little videogum fantasy land, I can delete my own comments within the first half hour of posting them.
She had to get told off by Elizabeth Smart for trying to exploit her. Fuck Nancy Grace. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x8ARIxg51I
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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan elders will decide whether any U.S. military who stay in the country after 2014 will be granted immunity from prosecution, President Hamid Karzai told reporters Monday in his palace.
"The issue of granting immunity to American soldiers is not a decision that could be made by Afghan government. This is a decision that the Afghan people can make," he said. "This is a decision that should be made by the Afghan people in a Loya Jirga: whether they are granting immunity to them or not; if yes, how and under what conditions."
A Loya Jirga is a gathering of elders and peoples' representatives.
Karzai was referring to a comment made last week during his meeting in Washington with U.S. President Barack Obama, who told him that the continued presence of any U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the planned withdrawal of NATO forces in 2014 would depend on their being granted immunity from prosecution by Afghan courts.
"The United States already has arrangements like this with countries all around the world, and nowhere does the U.S. have any kind of security agreement with a country without immunity for our troops," Obama said.
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Karzai said there was little chance the United States would remove all of its troops from Afghanistan after the pullout is completed at the end of 2014.
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Horses and Wagon outside of Fire Station Number 2
Postcards from the Past, PC 935
While I pride myself on my knowledge of the Community Heritage and Family History collection, I will admit that I don't know every item in there. And I am always delighted when a customer passes on an interesting tidbit. This week a researcher drew my attention to the annual reports from the City of Calgary for 1909 to 1914. Now, I am not really a fan of government documents, but they do sometimes turn out to be the most fascinating things. That is true of these annual reports. Did you know that in 1909 it cost the police department twice as much to feed the horses as it did to feed the prisoners? Well, the horse feed coast $294.65 while food for the prisoners cost $138.28. Also, a fire alarm was called in on the 25 of January 1910 to the home of T. Wheatley 1012 17 Avenue W. The fire caused $50 damage and was caused by "matches and mice". Those pyromaniac rodents! The Fire Department put it out. There is a roster (listed as "rooster" in the report) of firemen and the horses who served with them. For example, Frank was a 12 year old white horse, who stood 17 hands and weighed 1500 pounds while Brownie was an 11 year old black horse (?) who stood 16.2 hands and weighed 1550 pounds. Cap was Chief Cappy Smith's horse, and though not very imaginatively named, he was a 12 year old bay who stood 15.3 hands and weighed 1150 pounds.
As for the police, they tried 3922 cases, 1334 of which were for drunkenness, 2 for fortune telling and one for "pigamy" (one hopes that is a misprint). They even kept statistics on the nationalities of those they arrested. Only one person was from Iceland. There is a complete roster of the police force including former service, the date the person joined the police force and the date when the person was appointed to their present rank. There's another obscure source for you genealogists!
Now if someone could tell me what the Irish Suspense Account is. It is listed in the City Comptroller's Office Annual Statement under receipts and is $195.93. I have a notion this may be a bit of a racial slur. Does anyone have any ideas?
The reports also give a very vivid statistical picture of the concerns of the citizens and the growth of Calgary. The Medical Health Officer's report for 1913 lists every occurrence of every disease, points out the need for a new water treatment facility and calls for the establishment of free public baths because "there are hundreds of people in the city today who never have a bath from one year's end to the another." Between them and the horses the town must have smelled very interesting.
These reports could be very useful for genealogists, historians and folks who just want a glimpse of the history of the city (and, believe me, it can be a very entertaining experience). They are kind of hard to find in the catalogue – you have to go to Power Search and enter Calgary into the author box, Annual Report into the title box and Budget into the subject – or you could just remember the call number 352.0006 CAL – but they are well worth the search. Drop in for a peek.


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BREAKING: "2 NYPD cops shot dead 'execution style' in Brooklyn" [Darleen Click] UPDATED
Two uniformed NYPD officers were shot dead — execution style — as they sat in their marked police car on a Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, street corner.
According to preliminary reports, both officers were working overtime as part of an anti-terrorism drill when they were shot point-blank by a single gunman who approached their car at the corner of Myrtle and Tompkins avenues.
"It's an execution," one law enforcement source told The Post of the 3 p.m. shooting.
The gunman just started "pumping bullets" into the patrol car, another source said.
The suspected gunman fled to a nearby subway station at Myrtle and Willoughby avenues, where he was fatally shot. Preliminary reports were unclear on whether he was shot by police or his own hand.
"They engaged the guy and he did himself," one investigator said.
The #NYPD killer announced it on Instagram before he did it. Surreal. pic.twitter.com/B3GXfuXPXb
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) December 21, 2014
Character will out — GW Bush v King Barry [Darleen Click]
via British news media:
George W. Bush is nothing if not a good sport.
And in no better way was that illustrated when the former President donned a Santa suit for a hospital visit in Dallas.
The 68-year-old was handing out toys at the Children's Medical Center of Dallas to patients who have to spend Christmas at the facility.
The family that posted the picture of Bush to Facebook lost one of their twin daughters earlier this year to a heart disease called restrictive cardomyopathy.
'Guess who just came and gave Emily a Christmas present dressed in a Santa suit with Secret Service and all?!?!?………. Pres. George Bush,' mom Natalie Smith posted to Facebook on December 16.
Her daughter, Shayde, died in January.
Her surviving daughter, Emily, has undergone a heart replacement, but is constantly in and out of hospital as her body rejects the organ.
The family have been raising money for Emily's medical expenses on GoFundMe.
There were reports on Twitter that Bush's secret service detail dressed as elves to accompany him.
@timothy_stanley George W Bush just did it this week at Children's Medical Center Dallas to hand out toys. pic.twitter.com/mD5ndeI98u
— Sarah Stevenson (@sarahrstevenson) December 20, 2014
Now there is an actual "good man."
"Lena Dunham, Al Sharpton, Eric Holder and the New Barbarism" [Darleen Click]
From the transcript
George Santayana wrote, "In every generation we face a barbarian threat in our own children." Not a threat TO our children. A threat FROM our children.
From the rioters on the street stealing car rims under the Progressively-sanctioned cover of so-called social justice; to inhuman attention-junkies who are perfectly happy to ruin the lives of people they perceive as political enemies, knowing full well they are innocent; through Leftist college professors who teach them that the truth and the law do not matter so long as the Progressive goals of identity politics are advanced; and right on up to the President and Attorney General, who use IRS intimidation of political enemies and simply dictate laws they cannot get passed – Progressivism is a philosophy of lawlessness, disregard for truth, contempt for individual lives and individual freedom. It is utter, total barbarism.
Obama criticizes Sony; asks us to "imagine" [Darleen Click]
Obama takes his last day before winging off to a Hawaiian vacation until next year to lecture Sony
The rare presidential criticism of a major corporation was leveled at Mr. Obama's final news conference of the year on Friday.
Earlier on Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation publicly blamed the North Korean government for an online attack that erased Sony 's data, leaked embarrassing emails and culminated in a threat of violence to theaters that showed Sony's "The Interview,'' a comedy about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
After the threat, major theater chains decided not to show the film, and then Sony pulled it entirely.
Mr. Obama said he sympathized with Sony's plight, but added, "I think they made a mistake.'' He also said executives should have checked with him before canceling the movie's release.
Nothing, it can be noted, in Obama's lecture indicated anything about holding North Korea responsible beyond a vague "We will respond proportionally". Indeed, Barry decided to use the opportunity to blame Teh Internets itself
"More broadly, though, this points to the need for us to work with the international community to start setting up some very clear rules of the road in terms of how the Internet and cyber operates. Right now, it's sort of the Wild West."
There is no problem in the world that cannot be solved except by MORE GOVERNMENT!
If that wasn't enough, the most ironic remarks
"We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States. Because if somebody is able to intimidate folks out of releasing a satirical movie, imagine what they start doing when they see a documentary that they don't like or news reports that they don't like. Or even worse, imagine if producers and distributors and others start engaging in self-censorship because they don't want to offend the sensibilities of somebody whose sensibilities probably need to be offended."
Imagine? Imagine? Where Obama's Administration has made the use of Fed agencies against his enemies ubiquitous? Where the Left has demanded people be fired for legal political activity? Or for blogging while conservative? The attempts at intimidation towards George Will? or Ayann Hirsi Ali?
Just who has to imagine?
It's the Hundred Flowers Campaign all the way down.
"Legendary Mad Magazine Illustrator Jack Davis Calls It Quits at 90″
From Wired:
Jack Davis, the legendary Mad magazine illustrator and movie poster artist, is finally hanging up his pencils.
It's not that the iconic 90-year-old cartoonist can't draw anymore—he just can't meet his own standards. "I'm not satisfied with the work," Davis says by phone from his rural Georgia home. "I can still draw, but I just can't draw like I used to."
Davis has probably spent more time in America's living rooms than anyone. Mad was a million-seller when Davis was on the mag, and when he was doing TV Guide covers in the 1970s, the publication boasted a circulation of over 20 million. Yet, Davis is largely unaware of his massive cultural significance. "I never really thought about that, but I guess I'm very blessed," he says. "I've been very lucky."
Whereas Norman Rockwell's images represented Americana of the 1940s and '50s with his Boy Scouts and pigtailed girls, Davis' work epitomized the '60s and '70s—the smirking, sardonic face of the emerging counterculture. By the time the Beats and the Hippies (who came of age reading Davis cartoons) took over, he was doing movie posters for Woody Allen's Bananas, The Long Goodbye, American Graffiti, and others [note: one of those others was the original Bad News Bears, an original one-sheet of which I have a framed copy – ed.]
"Jack Davis is probably the most versatile artist ever to work the worlds of comic books, illustration, or movie poster art," Scott Dunbier, a former art dealer and current director of special projects at comic book publisher IDW. "He can work in a humorous style or deadly serious style, historical or modern, anything. His work transcends that of almost any other cartoonist."
A great talent who, along with Mort Drucker, George Woodbridge, and Paul Rickard, taught me to draw as a youngster. His work is most certainly iconic — and for those of us who grew up during the 70s, indisputably unforgettable, as well.
"Obama amnesty is unconstitutional" [Darleen Click]
King Barry will not be amused
A federal judge has found parts of President Obama's new deportation amnesty to be unconstitutional, issuing a scathing memo Tuesday accusing him of usurping Congress's power to make laws, and dismantling most of the White House's legal reasoning for circumventing Congress.
Judge Arthur J. Schwab, sitting in the western district of Pennsylvania, said presidents do have powers to use discretion in deciding how to enforce the law, but said Mr. Obama's new policy goes well beyond that, setting up a full system for granting legal protections to broad groups of individuals. He said Mr. Obama writing laws — a power that's reserved for Congress, not the president.
"President Obama's unilateral legislative action violates the separation of powers provided for in the United States Constitution as well as the Take Care Clause, and therefore is unconstitutional," Judge Schwab wrote.
The judge also said the policy allows illegal immigrants "to obtain substantive rights."
I hope Judge Schwab has his taxes in order.
Taliban attacks school in Pakistan, blows up and beheads children [Darleen Click]
This is Islamofascist terrorism
An assault led by the Taliban on a Pakistan military-run school Tuesday left 141 people dead, 132 of which were children, officials say, in the worst attack to hit the country in years.
The horrific attack in Peshawar, carried out by a relatively small number of militants from the Tehreek-e-Taliban group, a Pakistani militant group trying to overthrow the government, also sent dozens of wounded flooding into local hospitals as terrified parents searched for their children. […]
Pakistani military spokesman Asim Bajwa told a news conference Tuesday that 132 of the dead were children and another nine were staff members.
These are the terrorists we are told should never, ever be deprived of sleep or shouted at … cuz TORTURE!!
Taliban terrorists allegedly burned a teacher alive and made the students watch during their attack on a Pakistan school which left over 130 people dead.
According to a NBC News report, citing an unnamed military official, the terrorists stormed the Army Public school in Peshawar, in north-west Pakistan, and committed the horrific act as well as detonating a suicide bomb which killed a number of students.
"They burnt a teacher in front of the students in a classroom," the unnamed military source told the US TV network.
"They literally set the teacher on fire with gasoline and made the kids watch." […]
Pakistani officials have yet to verify the burning of the teacher, or other reports that some of the bodies of the dead school children are being brought into the hospital headless.
According to a tweet by Omar R Quraishi, an editor at the The Express Tribune who has over 154,000 Twitter followers, "Some of the bodies brought to hospital during the Peshawar school attack have been headless: source."
But but but, we must empathize with our enemies!!
Morning, all!
Finally finished all the legal work necessary for probate, and today I'm heading back to the doctor's to discuss the results of my blood panels. My Vitamin D level was very low — granted, I haven't been outside that much since we made the move, spending much of my time working on the new house and watching the boys (and of course, dealing with lawyers all over the east coast); and because Tanner is allergic to fish, I've been eating far less of it than I used too — but I have to say I was surprised by that news.
Hopefully the appointment today will shed more light on what's happening.
That's your morning update. Prayers for the hostages in Sydney, and a bacon-wrapped funeral for the Islamist gunman.
Long overdue thanks to RI Red
Patrick C
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Life imitates Monty Python: British soldiers barred from shouting at terrorists [Darleen Click]
All interrogation must be done with soft cushions and comfy chairs:
British soldiers have "lost their capability" to interrogate terrorist insurgents because of strict new rules on questioning that even ban shouting in captives' ears, military chiefs have warned.
The rules — detailed in court papers obtained by The Telegraph — also prevent military intelligence officers from banging their fists on tables or walls, or using "insulting words" when interrogating a suspect.
The regulations replaced a previous policy that had to be withdrawn after a series of legal challenges and the death in custody of Baha Mousa, an Iraqi detainee in Basra.
But there is growing disquiet within the ranks that the latest guidelines, officially called Challenge Direct, are so stringent that it makes interrogation pointless. […]
Col Tim Collins, who made a celebrated eve-of-battle speech during the Iraq war and now runs a private security company with expertise in intelligence gathering, said: "Since I was serving, the rules on interrogations have been tightened up because of the lawyers. We [the military] are no longer able to carry out tactical questioning.
"The effect of the ambulance-chasing lawyers and the play-it-safe judges is that we have got to the point where we have lost our operational capability to do tactical questioning. That in itself brings risks to the lives of the people we deploy.
"These insurgents are not nice people. These are criminals. They behead people; they keep sex slaves. They are not normal people."
Lord West, the former First Sea Lord and national security adviser, said: "We have gone too far in letting people take us to court.
"While these insurgents are chopping people's heads off and raping women, the idea they can take us to court because somebody shouted at them is ridiculous."


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The suggested portions for this marinade is about right for a couple of pieces of fish or chicken breasts, so if you're cooking for a bigger gang, just expand the amounts.LET'S EAT! »
This recipe is adapted from Canal House and makes the best tasting crab cakes we've ever eaten. Ritz crackers are the secret ingredient and give these cakes a delicious, buttery taste. Fresh jumbo lump crab meat is expensive but well worth the cost.LET'S EAT! »
This is a perfect dish when you have someone special coming for dinner. It's easy and very tasty, but looks like it took an accomplished chief a lot of time to make. What could be better?LET'S EAT! »
If you can open a can, you'll be able make this tasty version of crab soup in about 10 minutes. It's perfect for a winter night when you're really on the go.LET'S EAT! »
Shrimp is the star of this dish and we've found that shrimp just gets better on the grill. Vegetables take a little longer to cook so we cook them separately and put them on the fire ahead of the shrimp. You can toss them all together at the end to make everybody happy.LET'S EAT! »
A nice twist on the standard grilled tuna steak, this recipe adds a spicy tomato salsa for extra flavor. If a grill isn't handy you can bake the tuna in the oven for 20 minutes at 375 degrees. Serve with a green vegetable like asparagus or broccoli, or add a baked potato.LET'S EAT! »
Shrimp, garlic and lemon are the stars of this recipe. This dish is so easy and so delicious you'll want to make it a staple every weekLET'S EAT! »
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Salmon is especially delicious on the grill. The quick chili salsa is a tasty addition that goes especially well with rice.LET'S EAT! »
This is a refreshing salad that has enough substance to make a satisfying meal. Orzo is the Mediterranean pasta used daily by Greeks, Turks and Italians and is available in most American food stores. It's good to keep some orzo in the pantry along with pasta and rice.LET'S EAT! »
A family adaptation of the classic New Orleans dish, this recipe is perfect for a group of friends. You can make it ahead of time and just heat before dinner. If you have leftovers, you'll be a lucky fellow.LET'S EAT! »
This is a tasty dish that's pretty easy to make but calls for a few extra spices. If you don't have allspice, cardamom or other ingredients in kitchen, don't worry because you can just add a little more heat or extra curry powder to make a very satisfying dinner.LET'S EAT! »
This is another meal-size salad that's a nice change of pace for dinner. We dice a lot of vegetables and bind the cooked pieces of shrimp with a spicy dressing spiked with dill. We love to eat shrimp salad with toasty pita or French bread.LET'S EAT! »
This is a classic stir-fry combining Chinese-style noodles with vegetables and any combination of chicken, pork or shellfish. Once you have the ingredients prepped, it'll only take you 10 minutes or so to stir up a healthy, delicious dinner that's perfect any night of the week.LET'S EAT! »
Swordfish is a meaty but fairly mild fish and one of our all-time favorites for the summer grill. We spike this marinade with lots of lemon, ginger and hot pepper to get the juices flowing, and suggest roast potatoes and a tomato-cucumber salad, or our roast fingerling potato and fennel dish to balance the act.LET'S EAT! »


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Shan Foods is the first Pakistani company to use cryogenic technology to preserve the real taste, color and aroma of its products. Cryogenic is a word derived from Greek language which means to prepare products at below freezing temperatures. The cryogenic process grinds the spice ingredients at very low temperatures (0 to -70degree Fahrenheit). This process involves first freezing the spice ingredients and then grinding them. Because of this spice ingredients retain their original freshness and exceptional attributes. Other companies who employ a Hammer Mill procedure usually grind spices at a temperature of 200 degree Fahrenheit during which the aroma and taste of spices is lost due to heat. Thus the color and aroma of Shan Tez Lal range is natural and authentic unlike most brands of the competition who usually add artificial color to improve the appearance of their product.


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Red Carpet Event Chicago Blackhawks Home Opener. Blackhawks No.19 Jonathan Toews walks the red carpet. January 22, 2013 I Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
Like a lot of Blackhawks fans, Dror Milinki of Wauconda suffered through the NHL lockout, upset with the players, the league and hockey in general.
''That's an understatement,'' Milinki, 35, said as he enjoyed a refreshment on the 100 level concourse at the United Center two hours before the Blackhawks' home opener. ''I blame everyone. Money makes the world go 'round.''
''He took a lot of crap from his friends,'' said Robert Sadlowski, 37, or Gurnee, who attended the game with Milinki. ''He's a real, solid hockey fan. A lot of our friends are closet fans. He took a lot of crap as it got closer and closer to the deadline. I think I saw him shed a tear when they announced [the lockout] was over.''
That's all it took for whatever resentment Milinki and other Blackhawks fans held against the team and the NHL for the work stoppage.
''I think most people are just glad they're playing hockey again,'' said Paul Matthews, a Chicago police officer from Edison Park. ''There was more aggravation because people wanted to come out and see the games.''
Though there was concern that the lockout would affect the NHL, there was no evidence of that at the United Center, where a sellout crowd watched the Blackhawks play for the first time since a 4-0 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes in Game 6 of the Western Conference quarterfinals last April.
Hockey still is a hot ticket in Chicago. Matthews bought $150 tickets for the opener when tickets first went on sale in September. His money was refunded after the games were cancelled, but he re-purchased tickets as soon as the lockout was over.
''Both sides were hard-headed, but I don't think it hurt the Hawks. In Chicago, we're die-hard hockey fans here,'' said Stacy Pellegrini of Oak Lawn. ''I went through the lockout of 2004, and I was a little aggravated back then. So that's why this year I was like, 'I'm just going to wait it out.' ''
Though the lockout reduced the regular season from 82 games to 48, fans are looking at the bright side.
''Every game's like a playoff game,'' Milinki said. ''There's a lot more pressure to make it to the playoffs. I think it makes it more interesting.''


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State officials provided those new details Thursday on raids they conducted a day earlier as part of a yearlong investigation dubbed Operation Swill.
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- 1 cup long-grain rice
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
In a large bowl cover the rice with cold water, stir the mixture, and pour off the water. Continue to wash the rice in the same manner until the water runs clear. Drain the rice well, in a heavy saucepan combine it with 1 1/2 cups water, and let the mixture stand for 30 minutes. Bring the liquid to a boil, covered, over high heat and simmer the rice, covered, over low heat for 10 minutes. Cook the rice over high heat for 1 minute and remove the pan from the heat. Let the rice stand, covered, for 15 minutes and transfer it to a ceramic of glass bowl.
While the rice is cooking, in a small stainless steel or enameled saucepan combine the vinegar, the sugar, and the salt and cook the mixture over moderately low heat, stirring, until the sugar is dissolved. Let the mixture cool. Add the vinegar mixture, a little at a time, to warm the rice, stirring the mixture gently, and let the vinegared rice cool, covered.
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Nutrition Informationper serving (2 servings) POWERED BY Edamam
- Calories380
- Carbohydrates84 g (28%)
- Fat1 g (1%)
- Protein6 g (13%)
- Saturated Fat0 g (1%)
- Sodium686 mg (29%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat0 g
- Cholesterol0
recipe at a glance
main ingredients: Rice
cuisine: Sushi/Sashimi, Japanese
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Aerobic Exercise Best to Beat Belly Fat
Diane Fennell
September 2, 2011
If you've been keeping track of our blogs the past few weeks, you'll know that visceral fat, or fat that wraps itself around the organs deep in the belly, is a cause for concern. This type of fat is linked with an increased risk of conditions ranging from diabetes to heart disease to cancer, and it can increase blood glucose and blood pressure.
As diabetes dietitian Amy Campbell noted in her "Blasted Belly Fat" blog series, there are a number of ways to reduce this type of fat, including exercise. And new research from Duke University Medical Center indicates that aerobic exercise is better than resistance exercise when it comes to getting rid of visceral fat.
Aerobic exercise consists of repeated and continuous use of the same large muscle groups and increases the body's demand for oxygen, making the heart and lungs work harder. Examples include walking, bicycling, swimming, and jogging. Resistance exercise involves using the muscles to move a weight or resist a load, such as in weight lifting and exercises that use resistance bands.
The researchers looked at 196 overweight, sedentary adults from the ages of 18 to 70 over the course of eight months. The participants were randomly assigned to either an aerobic training group, a resistance training group, or a group combining the two types of exercise. Those in the aerobic training group performed exercises equivalent to jogging 12 miles weekly at 80% of their maximum heart rate; those in the resistance training group performed three sets of 8 to 12 repetitions of resistance exercises (such as weight lifting) three times each week.
Pure aerobic exercise was found to be the most effective at reducing levels of the dangerous visceral fat, at burning calories (67% more calories compared to resistance training), and at reducing liver fat. Aerobic exercise was also more effective at improving fasting insulin resistance and reducing fasting triglyceride levels and liver enzymes, all risk factors for heart disease and diabetes.
Cris Slentz, PhD, lead study author, observes that "Resistance training is great for improving strength and increasing lean body mass. But if you are overweight, which two thirds of the population is, and you want to lose belly fat, aerobic exercise is the better choice because it burns more calories."
Although the exercise programs used in the study were fairly vigorous, the study authors believe that moderate training programs could achieve the same results as well. "If you choose to work at a lower aerobic intensity," Slentz notes, "it will simply take longer to burn the same amount of unhealthy fat."
To learn more about the study, read the article "Aerobic Exercise Bests Resistance Training at Burning Belly Fat" or see the study's abstract in the American Journal of Physiology.
And for more information on using physical activity to beat fat, check out the article "Burning Fat Through Exercise," by exercise physiologist and certified diabetes educator Richard M. Weil.
Hearty exercise is critical to keep the glucose marching out of body and preventing type 2 insulin resistance diabetes. I have found that 1 to 2 miles walking exercise suficient each day. When I do not walk , I watch BG tend to be higher and walking immediately gets it back down. Yes that should help reduce belly fat, but saving ones life , limbs, organs and eyes is key critical. While Insulin is key critical as flow control and gate keeper, exercise is key critical to keep cells from stacking up with glucose and backing up glucose in blood and having a situation labeled as insulin resistance. Food - Energy in must balance energy consumed by body or there will be fun.
Posted by: jim snell | Sep 02, 2011 08:26 PM
It's hard to get the proper exercise because I can't walk. It's always discouraging to read "increase the length of time you walk or increase the pace". Those who can walk are very lucky.
Posted by: Ferne | Sep 09, 2011 03:36 PM
Ferne, I have a friend who has the same problem you do. What I suggested is to do "chair exercises". Sit in a comfortable chair, where your feet rest flet on the floor Lift your leg slowly up until level with chair seat. Flex ankle forward & backwards 5 times, then slowly lower foot to floor Do that for rach leg 10 reps.(repetitions) With or without 2 lb weights in bothe hands (or #2 can)lift slowly up until arm is level with shoulder Flex wrist up & down for 5 reps, then lower arm to your side. Do 10 reps for each arm. With wts in hand, arc the arm & hand until they are over head. Do 10 reps for boths are. Another "fun" (?) exercise is to "shrug your shoulder up & down 5 reps or until you feel your shoulder muscles relax. As always, consult your doctor or exercise expert about these exercises. They may or may not work for you.
Posted by: miss kitty 3 | Sep 13, 2011 03:49 PM
My wife has been doing aerobics for the past 2 months now and she love it! This exercise is not only exciting, it can also help people to loose weight fast.
Posted by: Marc Azada | Oct 28, 2011 08:49 AM
I realize not all can walk. Find some other form, weight lifting, shoveling the snow, something that exercises the skeletal muyscles. Walking is not the only way. After stroke, I could barely do anything but on the walker got marching. Yes it took 2 years to get going. Incisently walking does not burn the energy as fast as sweeping the sidewalk etc. Jusyt find some form that gets the skeletal muscles rolling. Swimming etc. Exercise is crucial to stopping the type 2 rot. Otherwise you will need to eat occasional soda cracker with a timy skin of something and vitamin pills to stay alive. Heart, brain, gut, body process burn of calories is really tiny, any other exercise you can get will enable one to eat a little more and interesting as well as save ones life.
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Will a cruise line executive -- or any executive, for that matter -- do the wrong thing if given the chance?
Royal Caribbean CEO Adam Goldstein says that's the message he got recently while on a panel of academics, consultants and business people discussing corporate governance, and clearly it made him bristle.
In a spirited defense of the corporate class posted Monday on his blog at royalcaribbean.com, the 22-year veteran of the cruise industry says the vast majority of executives he knows come to work every day trying to do right by their customers, shareholders and colleagues.
"One would have to live in a cave not to know the plethora of failures of companies across industries and continents in recent years -- and decades and centuries," Goldstein writes. "But it is simply not even close to correct to assume that all people in company management are inclined to go down a wrong path."
Goldstein says the assertions that panelists made about how business executives think and act bear no resemblance to any experience he has had in his decades at Royal Caribbean.
"Who are typically the people who end up in management at companies? People who did well in school, applied themselves on their jobs and had skills and personalities that people valued," he writes. "Of course, in this population there are going to be bad apples and occasionally even wholly bad companies. But the vast majority of my management colleagues come to work every day trying to do what they believe to be right."
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Goldstein argues that in order to believe that corporate managers are collectively fundamentally inclined to do wrong, "it seems to me you would have to believe that even the best our society can offer in terms of education, parenting and mentoring is equally fundamentally off base, because that is what produced these very people."
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Heralds' Point offers name and armory consultation for any interested gentles. We are located behind Children's Activities, near the bathhouse, Information Point, and the Cooper Store. Please come find us if you'd like some help with a name, device, badge, household name… just about any kind of book heraldry thing.
With your input, we research your name and armory and check that it's not in conflict with anyone else. That evening, we fill out the forms and draw your armory. You come back the next day to approve them and pay for your submission. For kingdoms that accept submissions from Pennsic, we then ship everything to your kingdom's submissions herald for normal submissions processing.
You just pay your normal kingdom submissions fee plus $1 for copying/marker costs if your kingdom accepts submissions from the War and you submit through us. If you take the submissions forms with you, you pay us $1 for copying/marker costs, then arrange to pay your kingdom directly for the submission.
If you need help with a branch submission, several submissions, a complicated, or a culturally specific submission, please come to the Point as early in the War as you can and make an appointment. This lets us get you the best help we can provide.
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Volunteers of all kinds are always needed! We have several opportunities for volunteers, some of which require no prior experience or heraldic experience, such as greeters, artists, and colorers. For the detail-oriented, we are happy to train on our internal processes and administrative work. Come by any time we're open to volunteer for these needs!
As always, we need heralds who can consult on names or armory. We have many books and other resources (including senior heralds you can learn from!).
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We cordially invite everyone to join us at these Special Events at Heralds Point:
Known World Heralds Party, Sun., 7/28, 7:00 – 10:00 pm
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This article is about the play. For the television show, see Clean House.
The Clean House is an award-winning play by Sarah Ruhl, which premiered in 2004 at Yale Repertory Theatre and has since been produced in many American cities. The play is a whimsical romantic comedy centered on Mathilde, a Brazilian cleaning woman who would rather be a comedian.
Plot Summary
Mathilde, a recently-hired Brazilian maid for Lane, is moderately new to America. A year prior, her parents, both comedic geniuses in Brazil, died within days of each other. Mathilde explains that her mother died while laughing at her father's joke and her father shot himself after. Ever since, Mathilde has vowed to find the 'perfect joke' even though she is convinced it will kill her.
Lane, a doctor, is upset when she finds Mathilde not cleaning and prescribes anti-depressants for her. Soon, Mathilde meets Lane' sister, Viriginia. Virginia, who is 'obsessed' with cleanliness, offers to clean the house for Mathilde before Lane comes home from the hospital where she works.
Soon thereafter, Mathilde and Virginia discover 'foreign' panties in Lane's laundry and begin suspecting her 'handsome' husband Charles is cheating on her. Their suspicions are confirmed when Lane tells them that Charles has left her for an older woman named Ana, a patient of his who had had breast cancer and is now recovering from a mastectomy. Lane becomes frantic and fires Mathilde, but right before Virginia announces that Charles and Ana are on her doorstep.
The second act begans as Ana, a free-spirited Argentinean, and Charles, are let into the house awkwardly. Ana and Mathilde bond immediately. Charles tells Lane that he feels Ana is his soul mate and that he is sorry, but Lane, still frantic and heartbroken, dismisses them both. Now good friends with the other woman, Mathilde eventually decides to 'spend time at both houses', and the two later go apple-picking together.
Meanwhile, back at Lane's house, she and her sister have several falling-outs. Virginia decides to get a job to spite Lane, and Lane falls into a deep and bitter depression.
Soon, Mathilde arrives back at Lane's home with news that Ana's cancer has come back and that she refuses to go to a hospital. Charles, frantic for his lover's health, goes out to Alaska to cut down a Yew tree, which supposedly has healing powers. Mathilde manages to convince Lane to visit Ana. While at Ana's home, Lane examines Ana with an air of coldness before breaking down and crying. It is here Mathilde discovers her 'perfect joke' and realizes that it did not kill her after all.
Lane allows Ana to move in with her while Charles is away. Lane makes amends with Ana as well as Mathilde and Virginia. As time passes, Charles sends telegrams, begging Ana to hold on until he gets back with the tree. But Ana's condition grows quickly worse until one day, she asks Mathilde to 'kill her with a joke' tomorrow. Mathilde reluctantly agrees. The next morning, she tells Ana a joke in Portuguese, and the women laugh hysterically until Ana falls over laughing and dies in Mathilde's arms. Mathilde cries loudly, and upon hearing the noise, Lane and Virginia cry over the body as well. It is here that Charles returns, upset. Lane runs to him and kisses his forehead, saying that all is forgiven between them.
Mathilde ends the play imagining her mother laughing as she gave birth to her, and thinks that perhaps heaven is a land of untranslatable jokes, but everyone laughs anyway.
The Clean House won the 2004 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, awarded annually to the best English-language play written by a woman, and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. It has received glowing reviews from certain critics: Variety called the play a "…wondrously mad and moving work…" and Charles Isherwood of The New York Times dubbed it a deeply romantic comedy, "…visionary, tinged with fantasy, extravagant in feeling, maybe a little nuts." Other publications, such as The Village Voice and The New Yorker were more critical, registering complaints about the play's style and its treatment of Mathilde. At the end of 2006, Entertainment Weekly magazine named the New York production one of the top ten theatrical attractions of the year.
"The Clean House" has been produced at South Coast Repertory (West Coast premiere, January 2005), the Goodman Theatre (spring 2006, in Ruhl's native Chicago), The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington, D.C. (July 11 — August 14, 2005) [1], Lincoln Center Theater at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (New York premiere, October 2006), Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England (April 2006, European Premiere) and at Northampton's Royal & Derngate theatres (Feb 08 then UK tour)
The Sheffield production featured Patricia Hodge (Lane) and Eleanor Bron (Ana/Mathilde's mother). It was directed by Samuel West. Both actors revive these roles for Northampton and UK tour, directed by John Dove.
The Lincoln Center production featured Blair Brown (Lane), Jill Clayburgh (Virginia), John Dossett (Charles/Mathilde's father), Concetta Tomei (Ana/Mathilde's mother), and Vanessa Aspillaga (Mathilde).
The Clean House was shown at The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury in March and April 2008
A French version was played in Montreal a the Espace Libre theatre in Feburary 2008 called "Une maison propre"
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