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Breaking Bad: The Complete Fourth Season - Blu-ray Review
By Patrick Luce Jun 7, 2012, 17:43 GMT
The phenomenon continues as Breaking Bad hits a stunning new hight with its most suspenseful season yet! In his multiple Emmy® Award-winning role, Bryan Cranston stars as Walter White, a one-time mild-mannered chemistry teacher whose transformation into a deadly criminal kicks into overdrive in the explosive fourth season. As his young accomplice Jesse (Aaron Paul in his Emmy® Award-winning role) turns increasingly distant and hostile, Walt must deal with his ...more
Breaking Bad: The Complete Fourth Season finds Bryan Cranstons Walter White spiraling even further out of control, but the season belongs to Giancarlo Esposito's criminal and chicken fast food mastermind Gustavo 'Gus' Fring.
Easily one of the best series on television, Breaking Bad is only getting better and considerably darker as the show goes on. The fourth season arrives on Blu-ray looking incredible and featuring more than 15 hours of bonus material. It also features five uncensored episodes and an extended version of the seasons explosive finale.
Created by Vince Gilligan (The X-Files and Hancock), the series stars Cranston, Esposito, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, and Jonathan Banks.
While trying to stay as spoiler free as possible in the review, the fourth season really puts all the characters through the ringer. Walt and Jesse (Paul) go to work for Gus with a deal that will see them making more money than they could ever dream of, but quickly becomes a deadly nightmare for both men.
The season keeps the tension between Walt and Jesse very taut as Jesse deals with the death of his girlfriend, spirals out of control with his own drug abuse, and is finally taken under the wing of Gus bodyguard/hitman Mike Ehrmantraut (Banks). He starts to feel a sense of worth as Mike and Gus expose him to more of their criminal operation, and their hope for his place in it. Still, Jesse knows he cant trust Gus and death can come at any moment.
Season four sees Walt continuing to try and keep his various worlds under control. He seems to be under the constant threat of death from someone and you have to laugh as he attempts to balance running his drug lab with the day-to-day issues of his wife Skyler (Gunn) and son Walt Jr. (Mite).
Walt also seems to be growing more comfortable with his darker criminal side as he makes some pretty dark decisions this season to keep his drug business going and protect his family from the threat of Gus. His character remains one of the most intriguing on television.
Walt is a man that started his criminal enterprise with the best intentions (to make enough money for his family to survive his death), but each season finds him sliding further away from the bumbling chemistry teacher and deeper into a man who is extremely hard to like.
Cranston plays the part to the max and keeps you hooked on Walt no matter how much you start to hate his panicked whining and bullying/selfish nature. Now in the fourth season, Cranston keeps the part fresh and interesting. With each despicable act he commits, Walt becomes a little harder to root for, but Cranstons underdog way of playing the role makes it impossible to not want to see him win.
Although the fourth seasons main focus continued to be Walt and Jesse, the season had several breakout performances from its supporting cast most notably Esposito's performance as Gus and Gunns Skyler.
Walt has always tried to keep his criminal side secret from Skyler, but this season finds her taking a larger role in his bad side and proving to be a better criminal than her husband. She makes several mistakes as a criminal (she helps Walt figure out a way to wash his drug money), but she seems to have a better head for the business side of things. Gunn also provides some laughs when she confronts her former boss who attempts to quasi blackmail her.
With Gustavo 'Gus' Fring, Esposito has created one of the best villains every seen on the screen, and some of his most chilling moments involved him simply staring directly into the camera. The talented actor let Gus threaten through very deliberate movements (such as quietly changing out of his suit before slitting someones throat), and vague threats that seem to carry a great amount of weight (he makes it clear to Walt that he will not only kill Walt but his entire family).
On Blu-ray, the series looks incredible with all the production details (such as the lighting and color schemes) popping on the screen. It comes loaded with special features that will make fans of the series very happy. Bonus material includes commentary, behind the scenes features, a special look into the finale, extended and alternate scenes and podcasts. The bonus material also provides some great laughs with a gag reel, Better Call Saul commercials and Gales Karaoke Video.
While most television series start to show their age by season four, Breaking Bad is just getting better and many ways feels like it is just getting started. The Complete Fourth Season captures every great episode on Blu-ray and comes with enough bonus material to make it well-worth the purchase price.
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"Fred hasn't questioned anything we've asked him to do over the last five days. I haven't lied about anything. I haven't had to; he's too honest and decent a man, I look over all this, and I think he's just misguided. He got mixed up with the wrong group of people. There are people who think he's evil, but he's not. The movie, I think, is becoming a kind of odd danse macabre, with Leuchter as my brand of existential hero, or, if you like, existential antihero: the completely benighted human being who still deserves our sympathy."Errol Morris
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"Very near the end of my work editing the movie, before it was to be shown publicly for the first time, I invited Fred into my studio to look at what I had done, to give him the opportunity at least to see what was going to be put in front of the public and to comment on it. He told me he liked the moive. He felt that the movie had treated his story fairly and responsibly. And then I presented him with my list of reasons why he's wrong, many of which are in the movie itself. The documents, these powerful documents that are in the Auchwitz archive. German documents. Not allied documents, not Jewish documents, NAZI documents. Nazi documents that make specific reference to all of these things Fred said were not there and could not possibly have been there. Fred's answer: I dunno where these documents came from. I can't vouch for their authenticity. I'll just keep my original position."Errol Morris

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Renowned scholar Dr. Robin Darling Young, Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, IN, delivered the 11th Annual SS. Cyril and Methodius Lecture on Monday, May 2, 2011. This year's event was held at a different venue from last year – the Kearns Spirituality Center, situated on the picturesque campus of La Roche College in Allison Park, Pennsylvania.
A noted specialist on the History of Christianity, Professor Young delivered a most interesting and engaging talk on "Evagrius the Monk and the Care of Souls." Coming from an episcopal family, Evagrius was born in Pontus of Asia Minor in 345 and died in 399. A highly-educated classical scholar who was strongly influenced by the great thinkers Origen and Clement of Alexandria, he was ordained a deacon by St. Gregory the Theologian and spent several of his years as a monk in the monastic communities of Nitria and Kellia in Lower Egypt, where he produced his most famous literature from 382-399. As a teacher of monks, Evagrius was purportedly the first to systematically collect the oral teachings of the Desert Fathers and authored his Praktike for simple monks and his Gnostike for more contemplative and theoretically-minded students. With regard to the care of souls, Evagrius recognized eight evil thoughts, or logismoi, a diagnostic list that sought to assist a monk in identifying temptations, assessing his strengths and weaknesses, and seeking spiritual remedies.
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Dimora's wife absent from court
AKRON, Ohio - Taxpayers were shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars to rent modern space for a new county engineer's office, as Jimmy Dimora held poker parties and met women at an exclusive Flats condo, right across the street.
Government prosecutors implied in federal court Monday afternoon the lease deal was approved by Dimora when he was county commissioner, and then the payoff came a few years later.
The connection between the so-called party condo and the rent for the engineer's office was Kevin Payne. Now deceased, Payne was the former chief of staff at the county engineer's office.
The condo, where Dimora allegedly partied and met escorts, was in the same complex as the engineer's office – Stonebridge.
In June 2003, county commissioners approved the engineer's office request to lease new offices from Stonebridge Center, LLC for nearly $4 million over 10 years.
Rent started in August of that year at more than $350,000, and increased each year until it was at more than $445,000 in the last year, which begins this August.
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Defense attorneys pointed out Dimora was not the only commissioner – there were two others to vote in 2003 on the location switch for the engineer's office.
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Pistone testified he last talked with Payne in 2009, about a year before Payne died.
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Hampton "Exorcist" Williams is up first and he's moving Shankman to tears within the first 20 seconds, Tyce within the first 30. I think he's a safe bet to go forward.
After the first ten solos, Nigel calls them back up for the first cut — girls we've not met before named Jennifer and Brianna.
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The first round of choreography is hip-hop, led by former contestants Twitch (Stephen Boss) and Comfort Fedoke. Before the first round, Hampton is quitting the competition because he doesn't have the training to pick up choreography. Andre, from the Atlanta crew Dragon House, is having a hard time and planning to quit too.
After the first hip-hop group, Boris from Dragon House is out, as is the Praying Mantis contestant and the mother of two. Cyrus, the last of the Dragon House guys is up in one of the later groups and he makes it through to the next round.
Day 2 and we have Tyce Diorio to choreograph a Broadway round. There's a story, because of course there's a story, about dancers being randomly overcome with lust in the club. It can never just be, "You're sexy people and I'm going to make you look sexy."
Ballroom dancers Witney Carson and Lindsey Arnold, from the Salt Lake City auditions, are very blonde, very happy, and very friendly. And roommates in Las Vegas. They're both in the first group to perform. The whole group is moving on. As are apparently most of the groups in Broadway rounds.
Alexa Anderson, who was cut just before the top 20 last year, is in one of the later Broadway rounds. They ask her to step forward and Shankman says, "I'm getting tired of fighting to save you" and goes on to say that she's not giving the judges or her partner enough of a connection, and admonishes her to "dance like you want it, honey."
Two male dancers are cut from this group and then we see a montage of other cuts, set to a really intriguing cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way." I'm going to have to hunt down who's doing that — readers, do you know?
82 dancers remain at the start of the Jazz round, choreographed by Sonya Tayeh. The b-boy we met in New York, Shefeek Westbrook, is having a hard time with choreography and bacon eater Danielle Dominguez is his partner and trying to be encouraging.
They're in the first round along with Rachel the "burlesque jazz" dancer who auditioned in lingerie. Rachel and Shefeek are both cut, with Rachel begging to be kept on. The begging works as as the judges, with the exception of Adam and maybe Nigel, agree to let her dance for her life.
Danielle is back to help out by partnering contemporary dancer Giovanni who repays her kindness by KICKING HER IN THE HEAD. Accidentally, but still. And then he's cut!No good deed goes unpunished. The medics check her out.
In this next round, we see jazz baby Amelia Lowe and Cyrus Spencer from Dragon House who's partnered with bubbly blonde Lindsey Arnold. Lindsey's through, but the judges are split on Amelia, who will be dancing solo at the end of the round. Cyrus is told to take classes to learn the contemporary "lines" but he's through to the next round.
We check back in with Danielle and she's in a neck brace and on a gurney being taken off in an ambulance. Yikes!
All in all, 15 dancers were cut during the Jazz Round. Rachel is up first and her version of "burlesque" is not that different from what I'd call "stripping." The judges all say no, and Debbie Allen finds the most diplomatic way to say they're not looking for strippers on "So You Think You Can Dance."
Amelia's up next doing a much more balletic style than I remember from her original audition. She's got Adam in tears and Sonya is either enraptured or recently dosed on high-grade pharmaceuticals -- let's assume the former.
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In 1983, Wilson joined the Canadian National team and was a member of the 1984 Olympic team that competed at Sarajevo. Wilson lists the club's failure to earn a medal as one of his biggest disappointments. Before joining the Canadian national team, Wilson suited up for 15 games with the Calgary Flames. Although he scored just two goals and five assists, his strong play with the national team garnered him a closer look from Calgary GM Cliff Fletcher. After the Olympics, Wilson joined the Flames, enjoying three highly successful years in the southern Alberta city. In 1984-85, he contributed 72 points on 24 goals and 48 assists. The following year he was part of a Flames' team that made it all the way to the Stanley Cup finals before losing in the championship to the Montreal Canadiens.
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ussoccer.com: Having reviewed the win against the Czech Republic, what are your lasting impressions of the performance?
Jurgen Klinsmann: "There are a lot of positives we can take out of this game. We asked this younger generation - the group that here and there was not a big part of the World Cup in Brazil - to step it up and make statements. I think that young group made a very, very strong statement. We asked players such as Mix Diskerud, Joe Corona, Jozy Altidore and others to take the responsibilities into their hands and guide that young team in Prague, and that's what they did. Winning in Prague against a Czech team that barely missed out on qualifying for the World Cup is a strong statement. So overall, it was a very positive trip. We learned a lot, and this group deserves to come along."
ussoccer.com: There seemed to be an increased aggressiveness in the midfield. What were your instructions to those guys?
JK: "With every young group that comes through the system, you want them to step it up physically year by year. You want them to take over responsibilities, you want them to grow, to be louder on the field, but also to send out signals physically. It's a physical sport, and in many cases it's about one-on-one battles on the field and winning those battles. That's what Mix, Michael Orozco, Joe Corona, John Brooks, Jozy Altidore, Ale Bedoya did. They stepped up and showed they can compete physically. That's what we wanted to see, so for that reason they deserve a compliment."
ussoccer.com: The team also seemed to show a commitment to playing out of the bac, particularly with the distribution by Brad Guzan. Did you ask them to stick with that plan and not be afraid to take risks? Is that something you plan to preach moving forward?
JK: "It's definitely a huge step for us to play out of the back, to find defenders and open up the game right away and not to play long balls all the time. Pretty much every long ball is a turn over. In the first half with Brad Guzan delivering those balls into Diskerud, into the fullbacks, into the centerbacks, that looked really nice. Obviously for Nick Rimando, he's used to doing that. He's almost like a field player and he's very comfortable playing out of the back. We told them not to worry about making mistakes. Here and there it might happen, but we want this game to be developed from the back into the midfield and then into the forwards and not to be forced always to play long balls. This is something we are going to encourage more and more going forward. We want to keep the ball. We want to build out of the back. We want them to have the confidence to do that and not worry about mistakes. I think it was a big step forward, and we will emphasize that going into the October games as well."
ussoccer.com: While Jozy didn't have many scoring chances, he seemed to show improved hold up play. What were your impressions?
JK: "It was huge for us to have Jozy Altidore back in our lineup. This was the biggest bummer for us in the World Cup, to lose Jozy in the first game. I think we could have made a huge step in the World Cup, especially facing a team like Belgium in the Round of 16, if Jozy had been on the field. I asked him to guide this young group. He's still a young guy himself - he's 24 years old but he already has 70 caps. We made him the captain and told him to guide these guys and he enjoyed that. He battled the whole game. He won most of his one-on-one battles, he provided great assists. He connected with Joe Gyau to the right and Julian green to the left, and connected to the midfield. It was a very strong performance by Jozy, even if he didn't score. This is what we want to see from him. Sooner or later, I told him you are going to score your goals in the Premier League and continue to score goals for the National Team."


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Jill McGivering writes in bbcnews.com that sick people in Thailand are trying a unique cure. One patient says, "I started drinking my own urine after hearing from a monk that if you have any kind of disease, urine drinking will help."
Her doctor, Dr. Banchob, recommends that patients collect their own urine in the morning and start drinking small amounts, until they're drinking a glassful a day. He says, "In the ancient times or early days in the rural areas, I think Thai people practiced this."
Kidney specialist Dr. Siribha says, "If somebody asks my opinion, I will warn them not to do that. If something is too much and not useful in our body, then the body will excrete [it] in the urine?The body didn't want it any more. So I don't think it's a good idea to re-eat or to re-drink the things our body doesn't need it any more." Supporters of urine therapy say it's been practiced in Thailand for hundreds of years. But the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine says there's no record of this. Deputy Director Dr. Pennapa Subcharoen says she?s tried to organize research projects on it, but can't get enough volunteers.
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Elvis is about to leave the building.
Every evening while we nap to be non-comatose for the capital's 10 p.m.-and-later dining hours, the cream-colored retriever named after the American singing icon barks excitedly as his Spanish owner returns from work and showers endearments we can hear from a floor above, then takes his pet down the small apartment building's time-worn wooden steps for an evening walk.
Renting an apartment in a foreign country is a way to live alongside locals — and feel more like a resident than a tourist. Renting also can buy more for your vacation dollar, especially in Spain, which has been hit hard in the European economic smackdown and where prices are more reasonable than in other parts of the Continent.
Our renovated two-bedroom flat on a narrow cobblestone street in the historic city center costs about $150 a night (about $125 in slow periods). It comes with a fully equipped kitchen including dishwasher, and washer/dryer, complimentary Wi-Fi, a flat-screen TV and small modern bathroom with granite counter and hair dryer. I rented from Spain Select, a firm I found on the Internet that has a good-looking portfolio of apartments. Madrid offerings start at about $100 a day, says reservations manager Caroline Rees, who estimates that 70% of clients are from the USA.
After a personable Spain Select staffer lets us into the "Leon" flat and shows us how things work, we take keys in hand, exit the tile-floored lobby through a heavy, ancient wooden door and start to explore.
Seeing how the locals live
Down the street is a small, appealing-looking coffeehouse, Bar La Piola, where the happy chatter of regulars greeted with a breezy "¿Qué tal?" (How are things going?) lures us to a white wooden table. At the metal counter under a chalkboard menu, slim brunette Marina Urgoiti serves up steaming espresso with hot milk and recommends a "tosta" of toasted bread topped with tomato and bubbly white cheese. It's a slice of heaven for $4.50.
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Where to eat: Look for restaurants favored by locals; many serve a three-course lunch for less than $15. Tapas bars such as Casa Alberto at 18 Calle de las Huertas or Lateral (multiple locations) offer inexpensive small plates and wine.
Getting around: Central Madrid is packed with attractions such as the Prado museum. It is easy to get around by foot. Otherwise, the extensive Madrid Metro system is an inexpensive and easy option. Fares start at $1.90 a trip, and you can access the airport. Buy tourist passes or order a MadridCard that gets you into attractions and onto transport (MadridCard.com).
My travel partner, Barry, and I are thrilled that we've ended up in the Barrio de las Letras, a partially pedestrian-only area once home to great Spanish writers such as Cervantes and Lope de Vega. It also houses excellent tapas bars and is close to museums including the Reina Sofía and Prado.
At the Reina Sofía, we wade through tour groups to get a close-up of Picasso's Guernica, which depicts the bombing of a Basque village and helped bring global attention to atrocities committed in the Spanish Civil War. At the Prado, we stand in a long line for the chance to view works by Goya and El Greco.
After picking up groceries — another perk of renting is snacks, drinks and meals in the fridge — we head back to "our" apartment to prepare for Spanish nightlife. Living like a pleasure-loving Madrileño means understanding the importance of the siesta (small shops still close for a few hours in the afternoon for owners to eat lunch or relax).
A night of flamenco, football and food
Our nights on the town often begin with a gin and tonic (all the rage in Madrid and sometimes served in huge goblets with fruit). At dimly lit, intimate Guau (Spanish slang for "wow"), we watch a European Champions League semifinal soccer game with a crusty barman who dismisses as theater the antics of stars trying to avoid being called for a foul.
Next stop: a tapas bar, to try small plates of various delicacies. At crowded Casa Alberto, which dates to 1827, we are taken under the wing of bartender Javier Carpintero ("Call me Javi"), who recommends anchovies on toast and veal meatballs. As we stand wedged in at the counter, he passes free plates of Spain's sharp Manchego cheese and tangy marinated green olives, urging us to wash it all down with a crisp white Spanish Rueda wine (less than $3.50 a glass) or dry Fino sherry. Avoiding the $20 plate of Ibérico ham, sliced from a haunch at the end of the counter, we emerge with wallets lightened by just $35.
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At Lateral, patrons page their servers with a button.
On to a newer, hip tapas destination: a branch of the chain Lateral. Surrounded by young Spaniards at blond wood tables gossiping about work or relationships, we use a button to summon a server and order dishes such as smoked tuna with tomato jam. Then we stroll to one of Madrid's famed flamenco venues, also in our neighborhood. At Casa Patas, we're ushered past velvet curtains to a small table near a stage where performers are wailing mournful songs, strumming acoustic guitars, clapping and whirling and stomping in rhythm.
By now it's almost 1 a.m., early by Madrid standards but late for two Statesiders past college age. But on the way back home, we can't resist a nightcap at Miranda, named for the late fruit-headdress wearing samba singer/actress. The crowd is watching reruns of that very tense soccer game, which Real Madrid lost in an overtime shootout to Germany's Bayern Munich. As Munich fans cheer, we walk the half-block home.
Downturn doesn't dampen energy
Before landing in Spain, we didn't know what to expect in a country where unemployment is close to 25% and whose fortunes keep taking a turn for the worse. But for tourists, Madrid doesn't seem like a city on the verge of an economic breakdown.
Beggars are not ubiquitous in tourist areas — though one did allude to what locals call la crisis with a sign saying he was 54 years old and can't find a job or get help from relatives. Parks and attractions are well-maintained.
Restaurants and retailers such as the famous flagship department store of Spain's El Corte Inglés chain are busy. Cab drivers say tourism is so important that everything possible is being done to assure pleasant experiences.
At Ten Con Ten, a pricey restaurant near the upscale Calle Serrano shopping area, every table is taken at 10:45 p.m. on a recent Sunday. Stick-thin fashionistas with blond highlights and their fuller-bodied mates order Champagne and exquisitely prepared black cod with apples. Late-model Mercedes and BMWs wait at the curb under the eye of a valet.
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Marina Urgoiti is a welcoming presence at La Piola. She speaks multiple languages and is happy to recommend non-touristy places to visit.
Back at the Leon apartment, named for the street it's on, the time has come to pack. But before leaving Madrid, we make time for one last coffee at La Piola.
By now, Marina is greeting us with a "¿Qué tal?", too. She has given us restaurant suggestions and directed us to the Mercado de San Miguel, a covered market that attracts locals and tourists with paella stands, tapas bars, ice cream vendors and bakeries — whose wares can be washed down with wine at communal tables.
She wishes us a safe trip and sends us off with: "Hasta la próxima" (until the next time). And if there is one, it's a good bet we'll be back in the neighborhood, living la vida local.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
Mai Ramen @ Jaya One
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Yay, another ramen joint for me to explore. (And I do seem to be about JayaOne quite often these days. Double yay.)ReplyDelete
lfb: ceh ... can battle traffic all the way to jaya one, but cannot go wisma cosway (then again, i guess jaya one has more attractions than cosway) :PReplyDelete
i dont drink but i love choya! and omg all that pork!ReplyDelete
r u sure those eggs are half boiled? looks rather close to hard boil ;)ReplyDelete
For one thing, I can get Devil's fave chocolate durian cakes from A Slice of Heaven at JayaOne> That's certainly worth the trip there! :DReplyDelete
michelle: oh ya, it's interesting that umeshu's alcohol content is similar to wine's, but it seems much less when u're drinking it!ReplyDelete
joe: heheh, the menu said it was supposed to be half-boiled. but u're right, it was more of three-quarter-boiled :D
lfb: ergkh, the trouble to which u'd go to make him happy ... disgusting. :D u might as well be singing, "ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough" all the way to jaya one, heheh :P
Well, I make Devil happy, Devil also make me happy ma. :DReplyDelete
lfb: so everyone just wants a happy ending lah. ahem :PReplyDelete
More often than not, happy endings. :DReplyDelete
lfb: since i typically have to travel all the way to bangkok to get some of those, i guess your arduous trip to and from jaya one doesn't sound all that bad in comparison :PReplyDelete
Eww. We didn't need to know that. :PReplyDelete
Btw, guess who got the 150th comment on a certain nasi lemak post after missing out on the 100th one to another lovely lady? :D
lfb: over-sharing is TRULY caring :DReplyDelete
bah, 150th is like the consolation prize of a mini-compo when the grand prize is a holiday to switzerland. am not consoled :P
Then I guess your readers dun need much loving and caring lah. We're fine being deprived. :PReplyDelete
P.S. Cis, that's like 50% more than the 100th! How can be consolation?
lfb: 'eat drink kl' aims to titillate every aspect of its readers' senses, not merely their taste buds :DReplyDelete
p.s. 100 is always a more significant number than 150. it was in uncanny x-men #100 that jean was overcome by solar radiation when she single-handedly piloted the spaceship back to earth to save her teammates. but what happened in uncanny #150? i also cannot remember :P
But it's called 'Eat Drink KL', not 'Eat Drink XXtra XXtra KL' ma... :PReplyDelete
P.S. LOL. Oh well... can try for comment #200? I bet that has some X-Men-ish significance?
lfb: think of this as a blog with benefits :DReplyDelete
p.s. ahhh yes, that was when magneto went on trial at the international court of justice but then became the new headmaster at the school. but u were probably still in a cot when that happened :P
'Tis debatable whether those are actually benefits or merely reasons to run screaming away. :PReplyDelete
P.S. Prolly wasn't even born yet. Before my time. You, on the other hand, were already in university, right? Or already at your first job? :P
lfb: it only hurts the first time. after that, it gets much easier and better, i assure u :PReplyDelete
p.s. if that's your read-between-the-lines way of saying that i seem amazingly wise beyond my years despite my obviously youthful appearance ... why, thank you :D
Haha, with your readers there wouldn't even be a first time. We'd all have run off far, far away before you even realise we're gone. Part of what you'd have to endure given your advanced age. (See below.)ReplyDelete
P.S. No, that's just my way of saying you're old. *whistles*
lfb: ergkh. is that what happened to min chow and a bunch of other readers whom i seem to have lost recently. but u're still here :DReplyDelete
p.s. it seems unfair that when i first got to know scott summers, he was more than double my age. now i'm at least five years older than him :P
Yes well. I'm just here to comment. Secretly, I actually don't read your blog posts. (Just like Devil doesn't read mine, just looks at the pics and the comments.)ReplyDelete
P.S. ROFL. Poor Sean. I'm sure Scott Summers still loves you despite your age difference. After all, look at James Marsden and Famke Jannsen. :D
lfb: perhaps when this blog wins the pulitzer, u'll take it more seriously :DReplyDelete
p.s. sigh. at some point, we'll even surpass professor x in age. who'll love us then? :P
Don't you have to be an American to win the Pulitzer?ReplyDelete
P.S. Uhm, Professor X?
Lfb: they make exceptions for extraordinarily staggering work :DReplyDelete
P.S. Only if I can get him to seek treatment at a svenson hair center
Ya, exactly. So since that means this blog ain't gonna win the Pulitzer, you agree then there's no call to take it seriously hor? :PReplyDelete
P.S. You can't regrow what's not there. Don't those hair centres just save what's left? Else, Bald Eagle can always try their services... :P
hmph. when jennifer hudson got booted prematurely out of american idol, nobody would've believed she'd win an oscar a few years later either :pReplyDelete
p.s. isn't 'hair weaving' all about placing hair where there's no hair? must ask samy vellu :D
Hmm. Does this mean you gonna try out for Malaysian Idol and then get beaten by two other divas when you hit the bottom three? :PReplyDelete
P.S. At first, I read that as 'Hugo Weaving'... Too much Matrix and LotR for me... :P
lfb: eh ... that guy went on to have an OK career mah. appeared in some made-in-msia chinese movie, performed on some tv variety shows ... even though i can't remember his name no more :PReplyDelete
p.s. ahh, hugo ... quite a heartthrob in the '90s. but now he's reduced to playing the red skull in the upcoming captain america movie...
An OK career and you can't remember his name? Wow, you're totally convincing me... :PReplyDelete
P.S. Reduced? One would think he had to be ENLARGED, well, his head anyway... :P
lfb: vincent? victor? something-v. i'd google it but i'm lazy. :DReplyDelete
p.s. the red skull is drop-dead ugly. in a way, it's an even more thankless role than dr doom :P
Me too. But I'm pretty sure it's Daniel something. Nothing remote V-ish about it. :PReplyDelete
P.S. Roles are never thankless when one is paid big moolah for them. :D
lfb: daniel was the WINNER of season 2 lah. dare to talk about other people aging and getting memory loss summore...ReplyDelete
p.s. still ... once upon a time, maybe 20 years ago, hugo weaving could have dyed his hair blonde and been considered for the captain america role. now he has to play the deformed bad guy...
I was talking about Season 2 what. What were you talking about?ReplyDelete
P.S. 20 years ago, it wouldn't be the same film, would it? Advances in film tech and all that. :P
ooh I didn't know Jaya 1 has this place. Since it's not too far, I'll drop by one day and try the ramen. Looks good though.ReplyDelete
lfb: i was talking about season 1! when that chinese dvd-seller-lookalike made it to the final three, before losing to jac and dina...ReplyDelete
p.s. there was a captain america low-budget, straight-to-video film in 1990 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America_(1990_film) check out the lead actor, matt salinger ... not bad at all (though he probably looks like hugo weaving now)
eiling: yeah, worth trying, since they have quite a wide range of ramen and other food. too bad no sake or any really strong booze though ... only umeshu and japanese beer...
Ah well. Is there a season 3, 4?ReplyDelete
P.S. They should have a Marvel vs. DC crossover film. Imagine the cast: from Superman Returns, Batman Begins, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Green Lantern, etc. Sweet.
lfb: it turned into 'one in a million' and started attracting really bad contestants. though some of them have become local pop stars. faizal tahir, suki low, tomok :DReplyDelete
p.s. that'd be too confusing, with actors like james marsden having appeared in both x-men AND superman. not to mention chris evans as both the human torch AND captain america...
You watch too much TV. That's another thing I don't do: watch TV. Read newspapers. :PReplyDelete
P.S. That'd be the FUN part. Dual identities, split personalities, oh imagine the fun! :D
lfb: i'm not convinced that reading convoluted novels by manic-depressive authors is indeed the better way to spend your time :PReplyDelete
p.s. well, the only upside is more screentime for ryan reynolds then, since he's both deadpool and the green lantern. though, ermm, i guess he should keep his mask on as deadpool...
Agreed on that. Who does that, anyway? :PReplyDelete
P.S. He could go shirtless though, no? :D
lfb: well, among the bloggers i know, the obvious candidate is the one whose entries contain lines like "The buildings, the houses are stacked against each other like books in an overloaded library, lost in distant memory." :PReplyDelete
p.s. yep, those abs put me to shame, considering i'm the same age as him (or least he's only a few months younger than me). sigh.
That's a good line, damnit.ReplyDelete
P.S. Who, Professor X? :P
lfb: mix metaphors much? :PReplyDelete
p.s. bleh. i'm sharpening my knives now while waiting for your vacation photos on the beach...
Mixed like the best cocktails, mate. ;)ReplyDelete
P.S. Hehe. Happy waiting.
lfb: ergkh. i know my cocktails, and your metaphors, sir, are no mojito :PReplyDelete
p.s. yikes. i guess i should befriend the devil on facebook; otherwise, i might not be able to see those pics :D
True. They are far simpler, like a good ol' gin and tonic. :DReplyDelete
P.S. Not even.
lfb: nope. they're as complex as long island iced tea, but less pleasurable to savor, and equally lethal to the brain cells! :PReplyDelete
p.s. i'm sure he'd oblige if i asked politely :D
WE ordered almost the same food, and thankfully u avoided the sushi ;pReplyDelete
I had the whole bowl of buta kakuni ramen to myself ;p cos its fatty pork and i dun wan to share! *looks dwn at expanding thighs..urgh! *
tng: if i could have ordered one more thing, it would probably have been the sushi! :D wah, means your other three friends had to get their own separate bowl? terrible, heheh!ReplyDelete
48 comments??!! rock on sean ! if LL is the queen of SLR, YOU my dear are the PRINCE of dining!ReplyDelete
seriously impressed. like completely. :D
ciki: but 80 percent of these comments were because of one troublesome commenter. :D thanks for the royal compliments! can i call u the princess of praise, heheh...ReplyDelete
i keep reading this post & i mean to go.. heck its so near but im soooooooooooooo bizi.. next week for sure going one .. sure one .. sure one.. :PReplyDelete
ciki: crossing my fingers that u'll make it there next week! i'd join u, but i'm thousands of miles away! :DReplyDelete


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by, 4th February 2011 at 12:38 AM (1637 Views)
And I made a biggy!
This year we decided to set up SIMS Learning Gateway to comply with the 2010 Online Reporting requirements. These required us to provide a means of serving school reports to parents online for which Learning Gateway does perfectly. But as we roll into the close of the written reports cycle, there are lessons to learn.
First off I overestimated how much Assessment Manager can cope with. Figuring staff were used to it for single grades, it is terrible when it comes to written reports. Much feedback was left by our Heads of Year during the written report cycles that checking them takes too long and double clicking to open them is tedious. It is clear users want to read the information on the page and edit it as they read, preferably with all of a student's reports visible at once.
Next up was the importance of clear visual cues to tell staff what to do when filling in reports. To a technical person like myself and many users of EduGeek, CTRL+C and CTRL+V are taken for granted. We know how to use them, but give a member of staff a box missing the cut and paste buttons as seen in Assessment Manager and they may not know how to use it. The same with the multiple step saving process in Assessment Manager; Apply & Next then Save the marksheet, takes too long with too many clicks.
Reviewing was also an issue, with staff finding it difficult to review a year group's reports.
Lastly, home access is a must have as staff love to fill reports in at home (well, prefer may be the stronger word here ). If they can't for any reason, then you soon hear about it! Unfortunately our SLG server seems to hate Comment Aspects and runs slowly if too many are included. So never use too many of them on a marksheet being used in the web interface.
We went down the Assessment Manager route due to a mixture of good knowledge of how to set up advanced templates and the Published Documents feature still in the works when we were making plans. This year I will be taking a very close look at Profiles and seeing how we can implement that in place of Assessment Manager for next year's written reports. Until then, anyone who wishes to try Assessment Manager for anything beyond a gradebook is advised to tread lightly and consider if Profiles training will save hassle in the long run.
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February 1 , 2010, University of Michigan School of Public Health release
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers have received 19 grants totaling $33.7 million in ARRA stimulus funding from the National Institutes of Health as of last count.
The funding is part of the federal stimulus package called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and will fund projects targeted toward rebuilding infrastructure and growing the next generation economy. Congress allocated $21.5 billion for scientific research, capital equipment, and science-related construction projects.
SPH biostatisticians Michael Boehnke and Gonçalo Abecasis received three awards to sequence 4,000 complete human genomes and develop tools to allow researchers to deploy the same technology to study a variety of diseases.
The largest award to the School of Public Health, $17 million, is a collaboration with the Broad Institute and University of North Carolina to sequence and genotype 3,000 individuals, half with type 2 diabetes and half without. This research is important because it will give doctors and researchers a better idea who is predisposed to the disease, and may help in developing new treatments.
Boehnke, the lead principal investigator on the project, is the Richard G. Cornell Distinguished University Professor of Biostatistics and director of the Center for Statistical Genetics and the Genome Science Training Program. He was elected a 2009 AAAS Fellow for contributions to the analysis of human genetic data.
Abecasis, the Felix E. Moore Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics, was awarded two research grants totaling close to $5 million from the National Human Genome Research Institute. A two-year project will sequence 1,000 genomes in a study related to the genetics of lipid levels.
According to NHGRI, past improvements in sequencing technology have opened the door to pursuing medical sequencing projects in laboratories.
"The impressive dollar amount and the number of grants the School of Public Health received, especially in relation to larger schools and colleges on this and other campuses around the country, demonstrate again the scientific respect our faculty have earned, and how hard they work," said Kenneth Warner, Dean and Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor of Public Health. "These awards will fuel substantial contributions to scientific knowledge and, ultimately, to the health of the public."
Another large award went to Betsy Foxman, professor in epidemiology and director for the Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases. Foxman was awarded $1.5 million for a study relating to preterm birth. Her project looks at how often the different microbes associated with bacterial vaginosis and periodontitis are found in the mouth and vaginal cavity, their relative abundance, and if the presence at both sites increases risk of preterm birth over the presence in only one site.
If researchers can determine how the occurrence and relative abundance of specific microbes relates to risk of preterm birth, more effective treatments can be developed. Preterm birth and its complications are the single greatest cause of infant deaths in the United States, Foxman said. An infection of the vagina, bacterial vaginosis, and of the mouth, periodontitis, have been associated with two or more fold increase in risk of preterm birth, but studies of treating these conditions during pregnancy show inconsistent results.
In another genome project, Yan Sun, assistant research scientist in epidemiology, was awarded $1.5 million to study the genetic variants in the human genome and their associations with cardiovascular diseases and hypertension, which have been inadequately studied in African Americans.
By coordinating two epidemiological studies, Sun's group will investigate the characteristics of population genetics, and conduct genome-wide analyses to identify genomic loci associated with hypertension and its target-organ damages in kidney and heart, in two African American populations.
Marc Zimmerman, professor and chair of the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, and Jose Bauermeister, research assistant professor in HBHE, were awarded $926,262 to study virtual social networks and alcohol and drug use among young adults. Researchers use an Internet survey procedure to explore this technology for obtaining a nationally representative sample of young adults. In addition to those five, 12 other researchers in four departments and the dean's office were awarded stimulus grants.
As of Oct. 31, the University of Michigan had received 342 ARRA awards, totaling $206.4 million. Updated list of grants.
The University of Michigan School of Public Health has been working to promote health and prevent disease since 1941, and is consistently ranked among the top five public health schools in the nation. Whether making new discoveries in the lab or researching and educating in the field, our faculty, students, and alumni are deployed around the globe to promote and protect our health. http://www.sph.umich.edu/
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The Jericho Casino:
It took barely an hour following the start of this week's Knesset (Israel's parliament)Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting to figure out that its guest speaker, Israel Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, had quickly become the least popular person in the room. Mofaz was blasted equally by both left and right wing MK's committee members for his decision not to extend the tenure of IDF Chief of staff Moshe (Boogie) Ya'alon past July of this year, just days before the Gaza disengagement plan is slated to be carried out.
In a rare and fleeting moment of unity, Meretz MK's Yossi Sarid and National Union MK Professor Aryeh Eldad both accused Mofaz of endangering Israel's security by turning Yaalon into a "floor rag to serve the immediate needs of Mofaz and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon". Oppositon head and Shinui party Chairman Tommy Lapid also said that Mofaz had made a mistaken decision in firing Ya'alon. MK Eldad even called for Mofaz' resignation.
Committee chairman Dr Yuval Steinitz said he was too dissatisfied with Mofaz' answers and that the committee would seek specific clarifications from him, Prime Minister Sharon and even the Chief of Staff due to the seriousness of the matter.
Likud MK Ehud Yatom pointed to Yaalon's public warnings and disapproval (as well as those of General Security Service Chief Avi Dichter) regarding Sharon's disengagement plan as the real reason for Yaalon's unexpected dismissal.
But, according to a credible security source, the main reason for Yaalon's ouster is more closely tied to the City of Jericho in the West Bank than it is to Gaza.
The source revealed that Ya'alon was critical of the recent set of security meetings between Mofaz and Mohammed Dahlan, Senior Advisor to Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and former PA Gaza Preventative Security Chief. The Chief of Staff reportedly warned Mofaz against turning over Jericho to PA security control at this time. Ya'alon reportedly told Mofaz. "What can Dahlan give you? He will not be able to secure the city." Mofaz rebuffed the chief of staff reportedly telling him that "the issue is a political one and not military."
According to a source close to the Palestinian Authority, Ya'alon's fierce opposition to relinquishing IDF security control over Jericho at this time and Mofaz' and apparently Sharon's displeasure with Yaalon's warnings, may also lead directly to the doors of the Jericho Casino and back to some senior offices in Israel.
The source noted that Yaalon and other senior security figures have expressed concern in the past that Jericho's casino profits --that have been estimated at more than one million dollars per day even after the start of the Al Aksa terror war in 2000- had also been used as a prime funding source for Palestinian terror activity against Israel. As recently as this month on Channel One's Friday evening program with Amnon Zichroni, journalist Uri Dan, a close associate of Sharon, said that the Jericho casino is a source of funding for Palestinian terror groups and should not be reopened now. Dan also said the Israeli underworld and their Palestinian counterparts are cooperating in the Jericho Casino racket." The problem, Dan added "is that the Palestinian underworld is also part of the current leadership of the PA."
Israeli concerns aside, Palestinian sources confirmed this week that returning Jericho to PA hands and its casino to full operation is now "at the top of the Palestinian agenda." West Bank strongman Jibril Rajoub and former senior Arafat financial advisor Mohammed Rashid, who is known to control Arafat's several billion dollar portfolio -top the list of Palestinians believed to have among the heaviest financial interests in the casino. It was also reported on radio Palestine in Arabic this week that Dahlan has been appointed Palestinian Minister for Local Government Affairs-- a post that would logically include responsibility over Jericho.
It is also well known in Israel that MK Omri Sharon, the Prime Minister's son and closest confidante, and Former Sharon Bureau Chief Dov Weissglass have been long time associates of Rashid. The younger Sharon and Weissglass were reportedly Rashid's guests at his swank Tel Aviv Apartment on the night of Sharon's election victory in February 2001 according to Israeli journalists Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff in their 2004 book, The Seventh War.
An Israeli source with close ties both to the Palestinian Authority and Jordan noted this week that some Israelis and Europeans may also be interested in reopening the Jericho casino as soon as possible. A very senior Israeli security source said this week that he and others in the IDF remember "with a cynical smile the repeated approaches Weissglass made to the IDF and security establishment after the closing of the Jericho Casino in 2001 to convince them to reopen the casino."It was well known to us that Dov Weissglass had personal interests in the Jericho Casino, the senior security source added this week. The source added that he does not understand Mofaz's role in the matter.
Of equal interest is the fact that Weissglass is still actively associated with his law firm Weissglass-Almagor that until recently was the law firm of record representing the Jericho Casino and other interests of the Palestinian Authority, facts that were reported in Makor Rishon and as recently as September 2004 by investigative journalist David Bedein in the American Magazine Frontpage.com. According to Bedein, the law firm Weissglass -Almagor is today listed as representing the interests of Casino investor and European financier Martin Shlaff whose alleged financial contributions to Prime Minister Sharon's 1999 and 2001 campaigns are under criminal investigation.
Prime Minister Sharon's office responded angrily to Makor Rishon's request for clarification regarding the reported Mofaz -Ya'alon discussion and the statements by separate senior security sources regarding Dov Weissglass' connection to the Jericho Casino.
The unsigned response from the office of the Prime Minister's media advisor read as follows:
"The arrangement between Israel and the Palestinians was signed between Defense Minister Mofaz and his Palestinian counterpart. Mofaz is soley responsible for transferring (security control of Palestinian) cities and he and only he will decide when to transfer them. In addition, even if the city of Jericho is transferred there is no intention of allowing Israeli citizens to enter the city, in accordance with the standing orders of the Head of IDF Central Command. The hinted charges in your request for clarification are not only a complete lie but they also contain intentional slander. "
Makor Rishon has not responded to the veiled threat made by the Prime Minister's media Advisor.
Dov Weissglass himself issued a similarly angry response some years ago against Mendy Orr, former Coordinator of Israel's activities in Judea and Samaria,. During the 1990's. At that time, Weissglass, who was not in Government service but represented the Jericho Casino, threatened to sue Orr for slander for his public charges that that the casino funded Palestinian terror groups. Following Orr's statements that he made while in uniform, Weissglass sent him a warning that if Orr did not take back his charges against the casino, Weissglass would sue him for slander. Orr ignored Weissglass' warnings.
Late last week it was also reported that Omri Sharon is expected to be indicted by Attorney General Manny Mazuz for breach of trust and illegal campaign contributions for misappropriating funds for his father's 1999 Likud primaries campaign and Sharon's 2001 campaign for Prime Minister. The Omri Sharon indictment is part of the ongoing investigation into his connection to various illegal funding sources including Martin Shlaff, reportedly a source of illegal campaign contributions to Sharon. Shlaff's loan to Sharon is believed by many to have been wired into the account of Sharon's South African connection and friend Cyril Kern before being transferred to Sharon's account in Israel. All these issues are still under criminal investigation.
Austrian financier Martin Shlaff is also well known as a major investor in the Jericho Casino, together with Sharon longtime friend Cyril Kern.
So perhaps even IDF chief of Staff Ya'alon did not realize how raw the political situation was that he touched when he told Mofaz that Jericho should not be transferred so quickly to Palestinian control.Published in the weekly Israeli paper, Makor Rishon, 25.2.05


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