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Awkward Starts, Stellar POVs and Choice Words — Justin's Rebel Recap
by Justin Warner in Recap, June 3, 2013It's an 11-week, live-action job interview. It starts with 12 or so fine foodie folks who compete to be the newest member of the Food Network family. In each episode, one or more of the applicants is shown the exit, and at the end, America will vote to determine who will get the chance of a lifetime: their very own show on Food Network. I survived this process, won my dream job and am living larger than a plate of disco fries on Triple D.
Welcome to the Rebel Recap, where I'll be recapitating the heck out of what went down last night on Food Network Star. It'll be as though you and I are long-time bros: Neither of us remembers how we got home, but here we are on the couch, shooting the breeze. Grab a slice of cold pizza and let me know what you think in the comments.
This season's teamless format should prove to be very interesting. It should encourage a lot more competition out of the gate. Being mentored by all three superstars could be a double-edged sword. If the finalists are able to take the best powers from all three mentors, the end result could be the Captain Planet of Food Network. On the other hand, having to interpret three very different styles of mentoring could lead to confusion and mania. Personally, I'm glad I was with Mr. Brown exclusively. Even if it's just a customer at my restaurant taking a picture of me, I think about what Alton would have to say about my on-camera presence.
Let's start with GAB (Giada, Alton and Bobby) walking in and explaining what's at stake and the fact that someone will be sent packing every time they meet. Chad divulges his fear of Mr. Brown, who "knows just a little bit more about everything than you do." This is entirely true, and I speak from experience.
Pitch tapes: If you can't spit 30 seconds of fire about what you're doing there, then you're probably going spend the next few days thinking about it in the comforts of your own home, with a pint of ice cream, flat champagne and paper towels because you ran out of tissues.
Mentor Challenge Highlights and Lowlights:
- Stacey goes first, trips up a bit, but my good homie AB says there isn't anything in the room but Stacey and the box of glass, plastic and metal that just so happens to put her face in the households of millions. I welled up a bit, because he shared similar advice with me my first time on camera.
- Lovely says that Danushka's delivery is "not good" — she's delivering slower than pizza during the Super Bowl. Danushka's level of enthusiasm is that of mine at age 16 when my mother introduced me to a Jethro Tull album. Think Daria's friend Jane.
- Damaris has her hands on her hips and starts to do the washing machine as the cameras roll. Bobby asks her to channel her inner wackiness and she has everyone in stitches.
- Russell's first attempt looks and sounds like something between an '80s anti-drug PSA and a recruitment video for the legion of culinary doom. Alton wants to learn more about the culinary revolution that Russell is leading, and Russell distills it into seven sins, all of which happen to be really delicious.
- Rodney, the pie man, freaking nails it. Case closed with lattice on top.
- Viet is now confirmed as Chef Clark Kent
- Nikki, who must go to the same dentist as Giada, smiles her way to a bulletproof POV. Giada loves it and I do too. It's so smart. Just chill on the meat sometimes, guys. It's worth a try. I think of bacon as a condiment.
- Nikki says what's on the mind of all women about Chad: "You can't help but like the guy." Chad crushed this challenge like it was a ball of aluminum foil in which he wrapped his brisket once it reached an internal temperature of 160 degrees F, which we all know is a technique called the Texas Crutch.
- I smell trouble brewing in Lovely-Danushka town, and we're only 18 minutes into the season. GAB says that Lovely needs to articulate what "glamming out the kitchen" is. Personally? I have no idea what she is talking about. Maybe she can show me how to bedazzle my blender? Sequin my sous vide? Put the chiffon in my chiffonade? That's actually a show I would watch.
When it comes time to present their vids and share their grub, GAB shows off their newest piece of gadgetry, the dial of doom, which a focus group can use to signal their enthusiasm for the content (or discontent) on display. I'm stoked to see what happens next with the dial of doom. Here's a secret: The dial of doom is a marvelous tool for interpreting results in real time. If you watched closely, Andres was tanking until he shared his weight-loss fact. Suddenly his rating popped into green and stayed there. This should be a clue to Andres to spit that fact at the get-go and build from there. If I were competing this year, I would analyze the doom dial data and weaponize it. You heard it here first: Whoever first treats the dial of doom as a useful tool (as opposed to a threat) will be the next Food Network Star.
Star Challenge Highlights:
- Russell does a "simple potato tasting," which is anything but: It's potatoes three ways. I've said it on my Chopped Rebel Remix blog at least twice: Don't do this! You run the risk of being judged by the worst iteration of your dish. Lo and behold, Giada doesn't like the execution. Poor Russell says he got his "butt kicked."
- Stacy gets +90 percent from the focus group and kills her dish with a cute story about how the potato skins on her dish remind her of her son's "wild man hair." This is what it's about: saleswomanship. In saying this, she says "You are eating the most-important nugget of my life." I smell safety.
- Viet (aka Chef Clark Kent) steps into the culinary phone booth, rips off his shirt and comes out with a potato soup croquette.
- The semi-vegetarian concept that Nikki is pushing is stellar.
Cue the scary music: Danushka reminds us that everything she did in this episode "suhks," so clearly she's not safe. The top performers, Stacey, Chad and Nikki, are safer than a box in a bank. We are left with Russell, Daniela and Danushka.
The judges have mixed feelings about the three, but ultimately Daniela is eliminated. The problem was that she couldn't get out what she said to the rest of the gang during her goodbyes: She was the "Peruvian Princess," a woman who could turn an ordinary potato into something that Bobby Flay would like.
The moral of the story? This is the amuse-bouche. A good chef will offer an amuse-bouche to say to the guest: "Look at me! This is just a tiny nugget of what awaits you in the subsequent courses. See how I made a potato into a curiosity? Look how much I can tell you about me in 30 seconds." It takes tremendous courage to get in front of peers, celebrities and cameras, and every one of these cats proved they could do it. Unfortunately for Daniela, it just wasn't enough. As Daniela said, this isn't the last you'll see of her, and I think that statement is la verdad.
Threat of the Week: Stacey. Running a restaurant is like being pregnant all the time, running a daycare and being a compulsive gambler. She's all this and a mom on top of it, so I would imagine she knows a thing or two about being resourceful, maintaining poise, and crushing any critters that come between her and baby.
P.S. The more folks that are shown the door, the shorter these posts will be. Thanks for making it to the postscript.
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I enjoyed the first episode until I saw Danushka, as I remembered her from chopped. I enjoy watching (sometimes listening) to FN many hours during every day. I watched the first Star episode live. I do know this; if they keep Danushka on the show, I will NOT be watching it live, nor will I record it to watch. I will wait a few weeks and watch near the end, and catch a rerun of the missed shows. There are several "other" shows which come on Sunday nights which I enjoy, so I will watch those live to be sure I do not miss. Gees, I would watch CNN before I would watch "her" every week! FN couldn't even "fix the broken pieces" and make me tolerate, much less enjoy watching her. I am only ONE viewer, so I realize it doesn't matter so much to FN, but it certainly does to me.
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I'm ready to see Justin's show already--they are pimping a new 'star' and they haven't put out a show for the LAST one...
And, I'm also ready for Danushka to go and she can take Lovely with her. I really didn't care for either of them. Daniela was not stellar in her performance, but her likability factor was far and away better than Danushka and Lovely, imho. Not sure about Chris and Russell either. I liked Stacey, Nikki, Rodney and Chad--all are likable and interesting to me. I also like Viet, just not sure if his reserved qualities will play out well enough.
I'm not quite sure what to think about Andres. His POV is great, but is one that we have seen on prior seasons. He really needs to let his personality come out if he wants to stay...he's very bland.
Both the fitness-healthy type and the vegetarian type of POV has not gone over well with the audience. It didn't work with Vic Vegas or with energy-chef Herb before him. People want their comfort food.
I'm curious why more people aren't behind Lovely. Her video was nice. We haven't even seen much cooking from anyone yet. The judges telling her to define bling is something she can correct immediately. As much as so many people say they like someone upbeat I would have thought she would have more online support.
Some of the ones who worked in a restaurant, what kind of food are they known for?
Right, Bob and Susie liked both Vic and Herb as personalities, so they gave them 'POV makeovers' as the season progressed. Vic became "Italian Momma's Boy" and they badgered Herb into focusing more on his "only Latino kid on the block eating oxtail soup while all my friends had hamburgers" backstory than his current "energy" lifestyle angle. It must be a challenge to present healthful eating as accessible, fun and appealling without coming across as lecturing or preachy - I remember B&S's eyes glazing over as one gal went on and on about antioxidants and phytochemicals, it might even have been during Vic's season.
really liked chad, he seemed to be down to earth but great on camera. hope he sticks around for a while!
no one stopping anyone from trying out for FNWS. thousands applied i was one of them a can cook my a$$ off. But i didn't have the chops to do it. (((according to the casting director.)))
so stop complaining about the people that where chosen!its done and over with nothing you guys say will change that!
Please stop complaining about how you 'saw them on other FN shows" does that make them fnws already? No! they just happen to be featured on a show or two So freakn what!
do they have a show? No they where featured on someone else show ! Right! Duh!
and if you happen to remember them from other shows , well ya think the casting director might be doing a good job then. finding people that are "unforgettable"there's an old saying in the rock biz.
"the worlds greatest guitarist is playing in his/her bed room right now"SO GET OFF THE COMPUTER GET OUT OF YOUR KITCHEN GET FEATURED ON FN AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT! GO TO AN AUDITION! THAT SIMPLE!
and quit COMPLAINING about Justins show! that was a pilot he shot it takes a long time to shoot a WHOLE show. maybe he's working on it now!
No wonder you didn't make the show. You plainly don't even get what it's all about.
So if its the casting director for FN Star that decides who will compete then what did he/she ever see in Danushka or some of the others? This is the best they could come up with out of hundreds that applied?
If Danushka or the Peruvian Princess were the best of the applicants, I would hate to see the worst. Period. KCG on the other hand seems a bit bitter about not making it on the show I would say. I would further say that he or she does not seem to understand or firmly grasp we are not complaining or giving our opinions because we don't have the right stuff or the desire to do it ourselves. We, unlike KGC are expressing our opinions as viewers and loyal watchers of the Food Network. We are looking to see who our next Food Network Star will be , literally.
lol, same song another verse. Every year they have to play the ethnic card, the hateful snobby princess card, the southern belle, the 'you are a heath nut' card, and on and on and on and on. If it was a straight up show they are assuming it would not be watched. labels and stereotypes, how fun for TV. people.
And we fall for it. Complain and moan about each year's 'villain' or whatever. It's all just the same ole blah blah blah. AND blah and MORE blah. If we halfway like or even LOVE someone, we NEVER get to see them anymore.
Justin , I'm beyond excited you got another blog assignment ! I hope you'll learn even more from the contests going through the process you went through . Alton's right - tv is about you and the camera and using. It touch people - I feel that through tv we have gotten to know who you are and most of all have fun . I wish someone would've taped our party and LJs . I'd love to watch back now and learn communication skills from you - you did such a great job trying to chat to everyone !
As usual , I go t off on a tangent !Russell reminds me the most of your culinary style and I'm hoping he mentions you somewhere In the season .
My other favorite is of course Rodney - he has a great PoV and might become our second Maryland winner !
Best always Carrie . -
I love this show, it's my summer guilty pleasure. I also live blog each episode on my own website, http://foodhistoryandhumor.com/2013/06/02/food-ne... , and I was glad to see that Danushka (whom I refer to as Doucheka) was in the bottom three. Here's hoping the stays on the bottom.
Justin, this was a fantastic read!!
Personally, I've always loved this show. Last year was probably my least favorite season and Justin was the only person I actually liked. This season seems much more interesting, no more teams, and I actually like the people way more.


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Mini review: 79004 Barrel Escape
Posted by Huw,79004 Barrel Escape is what LEGO call a 'market driven' release which I think means that, other than direct from LEGO, it's only available in a given country when a specific retailer wants it as an exclusive. In the UK it's Toys R Us; I'm not sure about the USA.
Not having seen the movie yet, I can only guess that it's some sort of tavern with a prison cell in or next to it, and going only by the action scene on the box (and the name of the set), it appears that Bilbo releases the dwarves, who presumably are being held captive by the elves, from the cell, and they escape in beer barrels.
The main structure, consisting of a barrel ramp, a bar and the cell, is hinged in two places. The set also contains a weapons rack, table and chairs and a free-standing barrel stand. There are three of those nice gold elven-swords that Elrond brandishes in 5000202, and two spare One Rings. If you have all the LotR sets you'll have quite a collection of spares by now!
The set comes with 5 minifigs, from L to R: Mirkwood Elf Chief, Mirkwood Elf Guard, Bilbo Baggins, Gloin the Dwarf, and Oin the Dwarf.
Bilbo is the same as that in 79000, reviewed last week but the others are unique to this set.
They all have double-sided heads and printed backs. I'm not sure if the Elf chief looks happy or scared!
There isn't a lot of 'action' in the set. The cell doors can be opened and the barrel ramp can be raised so that the barrels, with dwarves inside, roll down thus making their escape. The only other action involves sitting the figs in the bar and drinking which, while fun for many of us, probably isn't too exciting for kids :-)
This is not a terribly exciting set to play with, then, but it's well designed and full of useful pieces. Although I've only built three of the Hobbit sets so far, I suspect this may be the weakest of them. Nevertheless, the Hobbit completest will need to buy it for the 4 unique minifigs.
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I would suggest reading the book, as you won't see this scene before the next film. It's a wine cellar, not a tavern.
Thanks for the review Huw!
You may not find it a "terribly exciting set" but I for sure like it a lot. The minifigs are excellent, and there seem to be a lot of nice parts included in the set. And, yes, I admit I am one of those LOTR/Hobbit completest collectors. I probably want two of this set, because of the two elves included in this set. I hope TLG will make more sets with more (different / unique) elves in them. I cannot wait for a Rivendell and a Loth Lorien set with an Arwen and a Galadriel minifig included!
Indeed, by now I have enough rings to set up a Lego jewellery MOC
The only thing which is a huge bummer is that none of all these really nice LOTR polybags are ever available in The Netherlands, and as a consequence I own none of them.
Elf #1 is quite happily in his cups... ^^
I actually quite enjoy this set. I like the colors and concept, and it can easily work as a medieval 'tavern' too!
@Big Legoski - A lothlorien set could be very interesting, if made large enough. I would assume Rivendell gets a set next year, I *hope* it's big - I would actually prefer it as a large adult-oriented set a la Diagon Alley or the Haunted House. =)
I would suggest reading the book too! It's a great read even if the style is ever so slightly childish. Can't wait for the movie to come out!
Yes, this set makes a lot more sense if you've read the book :)
And of course, these go on sale at midnight (27th), just as the holiday promotion ends :(
^^^ Yeah, OMG, haha, I noticed it too!! To answer HUW's question, "I'm not sure if the Elf chief looks happy or scared", I definitely think that his alternate face makes him the world's first overtly DRUNK minifig!! XD
A rogue move for TLG, huh? Although I remember their policy specifically forbids "drinking in any modern-day context", so Pirates, Vikings, Knights, and Elves getting sloshed are all fair game, but never so obvious!
P.S. - There was a very nice animated version of The Hobbit from the '80s, if you have 90 mins and Netflix Streaming.
Oh yeah the animated movie (1977)...actually watched that not too long ago:
It was made by the same people who did the classic rudolph and frosty show. It's not bad at all. Of course it's not the same as reading the book but luckily this was a movie I found -after- reading the book :) If I knew it was out there, I probably would have watched the movie instead of reading it!
This is a great looking set and a very memorable part of the book and I'm fairly surprised that TLG has produced all thirteen dwarves. (pleasantly surprised that is!) I also believe the Elven weapons are called glaives.
I'm getting that for Christmas!!!! I can't wait! :-)
And I think the Elf Chief's backwards face just makes him look like he's drunk :P
I rather like this set, it certainly has a fun feature in the form of the rolling barrels and as a parts pack it looks excellent to me! Thank you for the review Huw.
This set is being sold at Toys R Us. I just picked one up, along with the other Hobbit sets at a Wisconsin-US store. Toys R Us is running a buy one get 50% off promotion right now, which will put the total cost less than MSRP if you get the more expensive ones together.
I am reading The Hobbit with my daughter and we just read the chapter that describes the Barrel Escape last night! Both elves in the book get drunk and fall asleep and that's how dwarves get their chance to escape (with Bilbo's help of course). So you were absolutely right about "drunk" face :-). I can't wait to get this set, only wish they would include more barrels so we could fit all of the dwarves in. Also wonder if they would float :-D
US/Can - the Hobbit sets are buyable at shop@home with the free shipping for the next, what, hour and few? I'm trying very hard not to get Barrel Escape here, we're broke and xmas is coming, but damn, free shipping!
Hobbit sets are now buyable on Lego.com, free shipping still in play.
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Movie News By Neil Miller on August 23, 2013 | Comments (1)Does anyone else remember when Tony Jaa walked off the set of Ong Bak 2 and into the jungle? He would later come back, of course, and finish not only Ong Bak 2 but a third movie, as well. It was one of those too-strange stories of production madness that seem to have followed the martial arts star throughout his career. Since the completion of Ong Bak 3 and its subsequent release in 2010, it's been quiet-goings for Jaa, who has long been compared to action titans like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. The only major difference between Jaa and those other fine men is that while his films have travelled well into the United States, he himself has never crossed into Hollywood work. That ends soon for the Thai man of action, as he's signed on to join Fast and Furious 7. Nope, that's not a typo.
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In Development By Scott Beggs on December 21, 2011 | Comments (3)While writing F6st and the Furious, director Justin Lin, screenwriter Chris Morgan and star/producer Vin Diesel just couldn't jam in all the story and character development they needed. Nay, that the story itself demanded. According to Diesel (via THR), they've decided to add a seventh movie into the franchise. "We have to pay off this story, we have to service all of these character relationships, and when we started mapping all that out it just went beyond 110 pages," said Diesel. "The studio said, 'You can't fit all that story in one damn movie!'" Well, what were they expecting? The movies in this franchise have always been primarily about character arcs, emotional evolution, and providing audiences with a keyhole look into the soul of humanity. Plus, it's helpful that Fast Five has made $626m worldwide so far. It seems crazy, but it's wonderful to see such a dialogue-based, mature story being such a smash blockbuster commercially. Let's all raise a glass to the intellectually nuanced F7st 7nd F7r777s! That is, if you can hear yourself thinking over the crunching of popcorn and revving engines.
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What I was looking for at the time was a fun, casual fling with someone I could be friendly with — without it turning into anything emotional. Neither of us were into having a relationship, and I knew that he was seeing someone else casually, too. He was smart and sarcastic and seemed like the type to bottle up his feelings and never reveal them to me. I thought it was the perfect setup. Keep reading »


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Cubs pitcher Casey Coleman works in the first inning of the Chicago Cubs-Pittsburgh Pirates game Tuesday July 31, 2012 at Wrigley Field. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times
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• Cubs will take seven
RHP Carlos Marmol
RHP Kyuji Fujikawa
RHP Shawn Camp
LHP James Russell
RHP Hector Rondon*
RHP Michael Bowden
Other notables
RHP Casey Coleman
RHP Blake Parker
LHP Chris Rusin
RHP Zach Putnam
RHP Cory Wade
* — a Rule 5 pick, he has to stay on the roster or be returned to Cleveland.
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MESA, Ariz. — They're the often-overlooked little guys from the sunny beach region of southwest Florida, pedigreed overachievers, unafraid, in your face and daring anyone to tell them they can't run with the big boys.
They are the guys who make up the Florida Gulf Coast men's basketball team — as well as the guy who saw their unlikely rise into the NCAA tournament coming while he watched them practice between his workout sessions over the winter at the Fort Myers, Fla., campus.
"I had a good feeling," Cubs right-hander Casey Coleman said.
Coleman, who was drafted by the Cubs in the 15th round out of FGCU in 2008, watched a reinvented team in its second year of Division I eligibility look impressive in practices he was invited to attend during the baseball offseason. Then he watched former NBA assistant Andy Enfield's team beat Miami on the road and five days later lead Duke for much of the first half in a loss at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
"They weren't afraid to play anyone," Coleman said.
He's not ready to brag just yet on their chances to beat Georgetown in the school's first NCAA tournament game Friday, but he's not counting them out, either.
"Knock down a few threes, you never know what's going to happen,'' he said.
It's hard not to see at least a few similarities between Coleman and his school's underdog hoops team.
A third-generation major-leaguer, the underdog non-roster pitcher has reinvented himself into a short-work, fastball/breaking ball reliever as he quietly pushes for a first full season in the big leagues.
How quietly? One national publication that listed "notable alumni" in its thumbnail profiles of schools in the tournament included golfer Derek Lamely and Coleman's former baseball teammate Chris Sale in the FGCU box. It left out Coleman, who has 48 career big-league games over parts of the last three seasons.
Coming off a shoulder injury that ended his minor-league season in mid-August, Coleman said he feels like he's throwing harder than he did all last season — and done it with enough location and guile to enter the final week in Arizona as the only Cubs pitcher who hasn't allowed a run or a walk all spring.
"When we sent him down last year, I made it a point to tell him you've got to start being one guy,'' manager Dale Sveum said, "meaning, 'You have enough velocity and movement on your fastball to just let it [go], and throw your breaking ball from one slot.' "
After three seasons of mixed results that eventually led to losing his 40-man roster spot, Coleman has allowed five hits and struck out four through six commanding, short-relief appearances this spring.
Sveum said he's one of just a few pitchers in camp with a shot at one of the final two spots in the bullpen.
"He's durable. He can go two innings," he said. "And he's a guy that's gotten up to 96 mph before. If he can pitch at 93 with the movement that he has, and the control on the breaking ball …"
Coleman said he doesn't know anything about his status except that his shoulder is at full strength.
"I'm way ahead of what I thought I'd be, and hopefully I'm putting myself in a position to make the team or put pressure on them to make a tough decision," he said.
He has no illusions about his odds, given that Cubs would have to create a 40-man opening to take him north for the start of the season — which would mean creating at least two openings, considering non-roster utility man Brent Lillibridge is expected to make the team.
"You never know what's going to happen here in the next week," he said. "Trade stuff can happen. I know there are scouts at every game. People get traded late in spring; it happens all the time. You just never know. …
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Busy working mom Brandy Gray used to feel tired, stressed, and unhappy. Now she has rekindled her love of exercise, feels great, and weighs 32 pounds less.
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Height: 5'8"
Current weight: 128 lb
Heaviest weight: 160 lb
Lightbulb moment: Realizing exercise helped her fight stress
Biggest benefit: Feeling healthier now than 10 years ago
Growing up in Boone, NC, I was your typical jock: I played varsity basketball, volleyball, and softball, and I loved to ski. I was always in great shape.
After I graduated from college, though, my activity level went way down. I got married and went straight to work as a general contractor, doing home construction. Although I didn't sit behind a desk all day, I also didn't have much time to exercise. My eating took a turn for the worse too. It was easier to hit the drive-through than prepare something healthy. (Get healthy recipes that satisfy fast food cravings.)
The scale continued to climb when I started having kids at age 27. I lost most of the 25 pounds I gained with my son, but after I gave birth to my daughter 2 years later, the pounds were much tougher to take off. My weight stuck at 150 pounds.
As a busy working mom—I was building my business and caring for the kids at the same time—I didn't make eating right or exercising a priority, and the number on the scale gradually crept up, adding a few pounds each year. Before I realized it, I was 160 pounds. I'm 5-foot-8, so most people might not have labeled me as overweight just by looking at me, but I was beginning to feel less and less healthy. I wasn't sleeping well, and the stress from my work and unhappy marriage was taking a toll.
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I kid you not, that's what Walker said a couple of weeks ago:
Walker said too much attention is paid to the weapon in such shootings and cited a recent case as an example: "We just had someone last week in Neenah near a school kill someone with a bow and arrow."
As Politifact points outs, not only was there no bow and arrow killing in Neenah, but nobody was injured. And the incident in question didn't even happen anywhere near a school.
As usual, though, the myopic Politifact zeroes in on the exact details of Walker's point, but fail to address the larger (and more absurd) point that Walker is making: That bow and arrows (or anything else) are in the same category of deadly force as guns when it comes to mass killings.
I suspect I am feeling the same emotion held by millions of parents around the world right now. I have no idea how I would cope with getting the visit that a lot of parents must have had today in Connecticut. I watched the news on my computer until I simply could not listen any more. So yes, this is personal.
Many progressives have spent much energy noting the enormous ambiguity in the Wisconsin Republican message on guns. That message, of course, is that it's now basically okay for citizens to carry concealed weapons into, among many other places, the State Capitol where Republican lawmakers work. Yet early in the year, Gov. Scott Walker and the GOP legislative leadership temporarily had metal detectors installed at Capitol entrances when protesters arrived to complain about the GOP union-busting bill and other goofball legislation. Keeping the metal detectors in place would kind of kill the concept of concealed carry, wouldn't it?
But in the knuckle-drag region of the Republican mind, there's apparently no inconsistency at all.
So what's Wisconsin going to be like when the new Republican-enabled concealed-carry gun law takes hold? Well, it may be a lot like Arizona. That's a state with an insanely laissez-faire concealed-carry law. Hendrik Hertzberg, political writer for the New Yorker magazine, reported on a recent incident there where an entire military base went to Condition Red over a reported gun sighting. "The base was locked down, emergency vehicles were summoned, and automated alert messages went out, advising people to stay indoors, away from windows," Hertzberg wrote.
Whaddya want on your Tombstone?Check your brains at the door, please. Your guns? No problemo.
Welcome back to the wild west, when smart tavern owners made thirsty, ornery cowpokes check their six shooters at the door. Only, some Wisconsin legislators aren't even thinking things through that carefully.
State Senator Pam Galloway and her GOP pals seem on the verge of enacting concealed-carry gun law in Wisconsin, a law Gov. Scott Walker surely would sign. And here's the big bulletin in that development: Common sense need not apply.


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The mix of gear is already supported strongly by Reverb.com, a website Kalt launched in January 2013, where musicians and dealers can buy, sell, or trade used gear. At press time, the site had done about $1.2 million on 3,500 transactions. With Reverb only taking 3.5 percent of each transaction, Kalt said that the goal of the site is to remove the price friction that exists in such platforms as Amazon and eBay.
"Even at brick-and-morter stores, there is too much of a spread between what someone is willing to pay for something and what the intrinsic value is," he said. "At 3.5 percent we open up all kinds of possibilities, and we are seeing that every day. Basically someone who couldn't make a living selling guitars on eBay because of its 12 percent can now afford it." And it's not just end-users selling on Reverb. Kalt estimated that about 800 MI retailers have sold on the site. Including the name of the seller's store and a "banner" on the seller's page helps promote other brick-and-morter stores and creates a feeling of community, Kalt said.
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Trans fat in frozen pizza? You might not find that so terribly surprising, but it's reason enough for a class action against Nestlé, makers of DiGiorno, Stouffer's and California Pizza Kitchen, which flings around words like "toxic" to describe partially hydrogenated vegetable oils [LaMesa Patch]
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If it is listed on the package label I don't understand how this could be a class action lawsuit. Trans fats are legal (even if frowned upon by Mayor Bloomberg). In fact, trans fat is listed in many stick margarine products.
- 2 02.14.13 at 8:25 pm
What!?!?! Frozen pizza is not healthy? LAWSUIT!
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Love them all. The Pooh quilt is just perfect. beverly |
- Posted by laurainsdca (My Page) on Sun, Jul 9, 06 at 14:58
Oh wow, those are awesome. I love them all -- I'm really impressed with your redwork quilt. Redwork on its own has never really captured my imagination, but the way you framed them really adds to it, and they are SO ADORABLE, each one! I love the heart quilts too, I think the second one in particular. You do loverly work! Thanks so much for posting the pics!!! |
- Posted by kathi_mdgd (My Page) on Sun, Jul 9, 06 at 15:49
Kay, Those are all awesome!! You did a wonderful job,i love them all but my favorites are: the red work,the yellow brick road,and the last heart one.You should be sooooooooooo proud of yourself!! Give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done. TFS Kathi |
They are all absolutely gorgeous!! I love that braided border. And the Pooh quilt is too cute for words. Thanks for sharing! |
- Posted by mexicomarti (My Page) on Sun, Jul 9, 06 at 17:51
How wonderful they all are! Pooh is definitely a work of art. I really love the fabrics you used in it. And I guess my second favorite is the second hearts quilt. And Kay, is that applique on the Everyday Best quilt? Sure is nifty! Oh, and I love those scalloped edges. Gorgeous stuff, girl! Marti in Mexico |
You've been holding out on us. What a treat. They are all beautiful but the red and white one is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing. |
Gorgeous.......... Pooh is definitely my favorite I really love the fabrics you used in it...... but the other quilts are beautiful too.............Thanks for sharing your gorgeous work! Red |
They are all beautiful--can't decide which one I like best--love them all. Great work. Geri |
- Posted by barbara_in_pa (My Page) on Sun, Jul 9, 06 at 21:23
They are all just wonderful, hard to pick a favorite! I especially like your choice of boarders... sure adds something special to each quilt. Barbara |
- Posted by scraphappy (My Page) on Sun, Jul 9, 06 at 21:23
Those are truly gorgeous! How large are they? I'm looking at the one with all the little bowties - either they are tiny or the quilt is good-sized. I'm impressed!! Love the redwork one! (Love them all!) |
Diva = Divine, Goddess, so you truly are a "Divine Quilting Goddess." All the superlatives above, and then some! |
I hate Pooh, but that quilt is GORGEOUS! My favourite one, by far, is the 30s repo hearts. Was it hard, and how was it pieced? They're all so pretty. You do excellent work. ~ Kit |
Great quilts! Thanks for sharing those! You do wonderful work! |
Thank you all for the compliments...I'm blushing! Scraphappy, the bowties are a pre-printed repro fabric and I fussy cut the sashing and border. Those heart quilts are about lap size and Kit, they're so easy to do. It's a strip pieced pattern and the top of the hearts are machine appliqued Eleanor's way with fusible interfacing. You hate Pooh? Ohhhhhhh. LOL! When I was a kid I read Pooh and loved him and his friends and when my kids were little I bought them the movies. He'll go to the next grand born in our family some day. I enjoyed doing the redwork so much that I'm already thinking about doing another one maybe in green? Then doing the sashing and borders around the blocks in green and yellow...maybe some pink thrown in. Maybe Alice in Wonderland. I'll have to think on that. I got all my Pooh characters right off the internet for free. Someone a while back posted to Google coloring pages and there's a wealth of them out there for redwork projects. Marti, yes that's applique on Everyday Best, can ya believe it? But it's not needleturn. (GASP!) You know I can't do that so I just did it Eleanor's way with the fusible interfacing and machine appliqued around it. Thanks so much everybody. |
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Kay, Those are all absolutely wonderful! You have definitely been holding out! LOL All are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing. |
- Posted by glassquilt (My Page) on Mon, Jul 10, 06 at 8:50
Great collection of quilts. |
You do really really nice work girl! Beautiful quilts!! Thank you for sharing..you're my inspiration for the day! Bon :) |
- Posted by meskauskas (My Page) on Tue, Jul 18, 06 at 9:27
Wow Kay, they're just amazing. I love all of them, but I think Everyday Best is my favorite...no, wait...the hearts with the scalloped edge....no...maybe the one with Winnie the Pooh...oh,never mind, I love them all! What beautiful work you do! Clara |
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They're all beautiful, but the Pooh quilt is my favorite, with Everyday Best coming in second. What gorgeous color combinations! Are those figures in the Pooh quilt embroidered in red or drawn in? |
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Brotherhood isn't Assassin's Creed 3. For that, we'd be looking for a brand new cast of characters, a radically different time period and game systems rebuilt from the ground up.
Instead, we get last year's brilliant formula improved with 12 months of knowledge, depth and masterful sandbox action. Ubisoft's used its experience (and success) with AC II and come up with something more creative, more daring and believe it or not, even bigger than any instalment before. But is it a better game? That one's up for debate...
Brotherhood kicks off exactly where the last game started - sci-fi headscrews and all. Our Renaissance-era protagonist Ezio Auditore strolls out of the Roman Vatican scratching his head and wondering what on Earth went on before AC2's credits.
For a while all seems conclusive for Ezio; he's dealt with the Templars, obtained a mythical Piece of Eden and managed to become the biggest hard-nut in circa-1500 Italy. That is until part way through the first sequence, when his Villa is besieged and destroyed by the army of Cesare Borgia - son of the Pope - and the assassin is back to doing what he knows best: seeking revenge.
Ezio's anger leads him to Rome, where, wounded and humiliated, he takes aim at the Borgia family currently ruling the city with an iron grip.
The town's not in a good shape. Buildings are crumbling, peasants are begging in the streets and a no-exception lockdown has been enforced on any business not approved by Cesare himself.
Much of Brotherhood's main story will see you building up your forces in preparation to finally kill Pope Alexander VI, Cesare and the rest of the Borgia corrupting Rome.
With a cast of established characters (Machiavelli, Da Vinci etc. see a return - plus there are extensive modern day sections) the writing is, overall, improved from ACII.
However, the very personal story lacks the epic feel of the numbered sequels, and those expecting an ACII-equivalent scale of narrative will be in for a disappointment (ending excluded).
The plot may feel a bit 'side story' then, but the gameplay certainly doesn't. As a sandbox, Brotherhood is a much better game than Assassin's Creed 2. The enjoyable Villa economy from the last game has been absorbed into all of Rome, and it's no effort at all to lose yourself reclaiming turf, rebuilding shops or recruiting new assassins into your Brotherhood.
Ezio can now liberate areas of the city and upgrade buildings, whilst horses can be used to navigate and blend through the streets. Occasionally, bandits will rob Ezio at nightfall, and there are a number of hidden glyphs, flags and a small number of feathers waiting to be discovered.
In addition, the missions - as previously mentioned - are more creatively designed and take risks, for good and bad.
A fantastic example of this experimentation is Leonardo Da Vinci's new War Machine missions, which have Ezio taking charge of some rather OTT inventions the real man "actually" drew plans for (we're taking Ubisoft's word for it on the "actually" bit - we suspect they've been a little flexible with the truth).
Throughout the campaign you'll be taking charge of chariot-mounted machine guns, naval cannons and yes, an armoured tank.Of course, you'll destroy each of them after use - keeping them out of the hands of the Borgia and, conveniently, the history books. (We don't think 15th century France could've done much about a tank, after all...)
Brotherhood's biggest bullet point, however, is the erm, Brotherhood. Recruiting and training up your own Assassin army and dispatching them on missions around Europe to enhance their skills is a genuinely immersive and enjoyable gameplay addition.


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Quoted from SoulfulLori I'm sitting here wondering what this conversation would be like in person...I have a total visualization in my head and it is hysterical.
Quoted from ruthiegirl Yes, but how would our kids react to such a conversation IRL?
Quoted from ruthiegirl I've been making a lot of bean soups lately- the kids come home from school and have a bowl or two of soup at snacktime. Then we have something else for dinner. Filling up on soup first means that they're not filling up on pure carbs after school, and it also means that they're not having an early dinner (at "snack time") and then needing another meal around bedtime.
Quoted from ruthiegirl I sautee up chopped onions and celery in olive oil. Then I add water, cooked beans (I alternate what beans I use- black, white, or a combo, you can use whatever beans are beneficial for you) and spices- salt, freshly ground black pepper, sometimes a bay leaf- whatever looks good that day. I do this in the mornings and let it simmer all day (even if I'm going out), and then we eat it in the early afternoon. It's easy to make, dirt cheap, and very nutritious. You might want to try making bean soups for snacktime/ appetizer in addition to whatever else you're making for meals.


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Here's a breakdown of OBAMA'S words against himself, brought to you by Congressman Rob Woodall (R-GA)!
Dumb-ass Congressman. It's not hypocrisy, it's AL-TAQIYYA.
Does anyone know how many times Obama has himself said that he is indeed a Muslim? Obama having celebrated Ramadan in the White House these past four years is another clear clue.
I think that it might be about time that we believe him in this rare instance and take him for his word. However this represents another problem, one that we will not ever be able to overcome. Why? Because Islam permits lying! It is called Al-taqiyya, which means dissimulation, diplomacy and deception.
Muslims lie, not because they are natural born liars, but by choice. Systemic lying, as a religious policy, is deadly, and unfortunately none of our elected Congressional Representatives or Senators appear to understand that.


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My oldest is in a year round school, so she actually starts back on Monday. It seems too quick for summer to be over *laugh*
Anyways, because of this, we've done a lot of back to school projects this weekend. I've started posting them all in the Back to School section which you can find at http://www.dltk-kids.com/school/index.htm
Along with what I consider to be DLTK's "standard" things, we've added some unusual new projects to this section like a "recycled stuff" bulletin board, some perler bead projects and some paper bead projects.


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I have a patch of yard that is almost entirely in tree shade all day. The ground can't even support grass. My first thought was to simply cover the bare area with mulch or rocks to prevent the mud bath that rain creates. But then I wondered if I could build a raised bed around the tree and plant shade tolerant edible plants in it. I would definitely prefer to do this so that I'm actually making use of the space instead of just covering it up, but after searching around on the internet I'm seeing that most plants require at least a few hours of sun a day. This area doesn't ever get direct sunlight. At best there may be an hour or two of dappled sunlight, but I'm not even positive of that. The tree's branches are fairly high off the ground- maybe 8 feet- so it's not like it's a dark shade.
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What kind of tree? The first thing that comes to mind is Evergreen Huckleberry,but even they like a little sun for fruiting,while they will grow bigger in the shade. Brady |
I'm not sure what kind if tree it is... some sort of ornamental that sheds hard, little, round, brown seed casings. Huckleberry would be awesome! |
- Posted by desertdance So.CA LowDesert (My Page) on Fri, Jul 27, 12 at 11:18
Mint will grow in the shade, but it's invasive, so container it! Makes wonderful tea! |
I recently found out that it's a Callery Pear (possibly a Bradford Pear)... non edible. Yes, mint would be good. I have some of that I could transplant in it's container. |
I believe ramps, a wild onion that are prized as a gourmet delight, as shade tolerant. There is a company in Kalamazoo michigan that sells a bunch of edible native plants that are less common and I remember quite a few were shade plants. Try googling for them, as I don't have their name off hand. |
I believe ramps, a wild onion that are prized as a gourmet delight, as shade tolerant. There is a company in Kalamazoo michigan that sells a bunch of edible native plants that are less common and I remember quite a few were shade plants. Try googling for them, as I don't have their name off hand. |
I think Oikos Tree Crops is the company that emcd124 posted about. Brady |
Here is a link that might be useful: Oikos Tree Crops
- Posted by Blossom_Designer none (My Page) on Wed, Aug 8, 12 at 12:58
I grow strawberries as a groundcover in the shade. Although the plants don't produce as many strawberries as they might in part sun or full sun, they still produce. |
- Posted by tsugajunkie z5 SE WI (My Page) on Thu, Aug 9, 12 at 19:48
With most trees, if you put a raised bed (with all that nice, rich soil in it) above the roots, those roots will fill that raised bed in two or three years. tj |
- Posted by barnhardt9999 none (My Page) on Sat, Aug 11, 12 at 14:55
Ramps will only cover the ground during the spring. They are not for the faint of heart either. All the potency of garlic and onions put together and then some. Unless you crock pot them, people will smell you for days. I must admit, the taste is worth it though. |
- Posted by desertdance So.CA LowDesert (My Page) on Sun, Aug 19, 12 at 21:01
How about this one? I have no clue. Found it searching for something else, but it has my attention! 2121 Oregon GrapeMahonia aquifolium This is a very beautiful, edible, and useful evergreen shrub. Its upright stems and coarse leaves form an irregular mound up to 8' tall. As the bush matures, it sends out additional stems to form a clump up to 6' wide. The bluish green leaves are coarse and spiny and resemble holly. The compound leaves are radially arranged at the end of each stem. Bright yellow flowers appear atop the stem in spring. Location: Oregon grape holly is native from the northwestern United States on into Canada. It is widely grown as an ornamental. Culture: Light: Needs shady conditions, hot direct sun will burn leaves. Moisture: Likes moist soil high in organic material, but adaptable. Hardiness: USDA Zones 5-9. Propagation: Clumps can be divided. Usage: This plant thrives in shady areas where selection of plants is limited. Can be used in entry ways and under roof eaves if adequate moisture is maintained. I like to use mahonias under a canopy of pine along with azaleas and camellias. Can also be used as an outdoor container plant. Features: The bright yellow flowers are beautiful against the lustrous blue green leaves. The bright blue berries on dark red stems are even more striking. Suzi |
Here is a link that might be useful: Site to buy seeds for this one!
- Posted by ediblelandscaping.sc 7b-8 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 21, 12 at 23:55
bunch berry for deep shade Mahonia aquifolium is good too for fruit. all leafy greens will grow in part sun 4hrs or more but do better with more sun. |
Oregon Grape grows wild all over Western Washington.It's very tart and seedy.The birds don't even like it too much.I suppose it could be made into preserves. Brady |
Has no one mentioned Hosta? the early shoots (H. Montana especially) are very yummy sauteed or steamed with garlic! |
- Posted by CharlieBoring 7 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 1, 13 at 8:19
In my shady areas I have planted strawberries (does OK but not great) and Hucklberry (planting 4 this year, so I don't know how well the will do). |
caucasian spinach is a perennial vine grows below trees, edible leaves. I'm looking for some seeds myself! |
- Posted by oceandweller 8B (My Page) on Sun, May 19, 13 at 19:07
Don't expect high yields but I am surprised nobody has mentioned Blackberry or Raspberries. Especially thornless varieties. You might also do well if you do raised beds and use pea gravel in between, or use a reflective white material for the surface to reflect light. You could also use the heavy gauge aluminum foil from Sams club around the base of areas or sheet aluminum to reflect light, just make some crimps like in Metal halide lighting. |
- Posted by gama_garden_tx none (My Page) on Tue, Jun 25, 13 at 21:35
What I currently have in shade: Thornless blackberry |
- Posted by yukkuri_kame Sunset 19 / USDA 9 (My Page) on Thu, Jul 11, 13 at 4:33
Lettuces will do well in relatively low light. Miners Lettuce is a champ. Shiso is a tasty herb that likes some shade. Wood Sorrel and Chickweed are edible weeds that do well in shade. And don't forget mushrooms! Or compost. |
Greens! Mustards & Collards... |
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Publisher Iceberg Interactive in conjunction with GamersFirst have revealed the European packshot of the Special Edition retail version of the upcoming blockbuster APB Reloaded. The highly anticipated MMO is set for retail release in the UK, Benelux and Nordic Territories on the 10th of February 2012 (and the 17th in Germany).
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Results from the 2014 Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program revealed the Cleveland City Schools system's growth scores are lower than those seen in the previous year.
Cleveland City Schools Director Dr. Martin Ringstaff quickly assured the school system actually "did pretty well."
"I am happy with what we have done and here is why: I believe our teachers ... worked smarter and harder than they have ever worked," he said. "They did what we asked them to do."
Public school students in the third through eighth grades take the TCAP Achievement Test, which assesses their knowledge in reading, math, science and social studies. High school students take End of Course exams for Algebra I-III, Biology I, English I-III and U.S. history.
School systems are judged on their achievement scores determined through the annual measurable objective and growth performance charts. Scores are separated into four categories: below basic, basic, proficient and advanced.
Cleveland City Schools' reached at least 45 percent proficient or advanced in all of the subjects tested. Growth of up to 17.3 percent was seen in the results. However, the growth celebrated after the 2013 TCAP was not reflected in the 2014 results.
Ringstaff pointed toward the incongruity between students learning Common Core State Standards and being tested on a different set of standards through the TCAP as a possible culprit for the lower scores.
He said the school system intends to alter its plan of action going into the 2014-15 school year in light of state legislators' decision to continue the use of TCAP through the end of the school year.
Score results for grades third through eighth in the city schools system included:
n Reading: 14.6 percent below basic; 39.9 percent basic; 35.9 percent proficient; 9.6 percent advanced; and a 5.3 percent decrease;
n Math: 19.5 percent below basic; 31.5 percent basic; 27.9 percent proficient; 21.1 percent advanced; and a 2.8 percent decrease;
n Science: 16.7 percent below basic; 26.7 percent basic; 42.7 percent proficient; 13.9 percent advanced; and a 3.4 percent decrease; and
n Social Studies: 0 percent below basic; 18.4 percent basic; 44.6 percent proficient; 37 percent advanced; and a 1.7 decrease.
Ringstaff was quick to point out schools all across Tennessee have struggled with reading assessments. Results provided through the Tennessee Department of Education revealed less than 35 school systems experienced growth in reading. A majority of the growth was less than 2 percent.
The Department of Education also mentioned progress in reading for grades 3-8 statewide "dropped slightly." The subject was labeled as "an area with continued need for improvement."
Score results for high school in the Cleveland City Schools system included:
n Algebra I: 15.8 percent below basic; 27.5 percent basic; 32.4 percent proficient; 24.3 percent advanced; and a decrease of 1 percent;
n Algebra II: 14.2 percent below basic; 26.4 percent basic; 40.8 percent proficient; 18.6 percent advanced; and a growth of 17.3 percent;
n Biology I: 17.6 percent below basic; 25 percent basic; 42.5 percent proficient; 14.9 percent advanced; and a decrease of 6.3 percent;
n English I: 4.9 percent below basic; 21.1 percent basic; 65.4 percent proficient; 8.6 percent advanced; and a decrease of 1 percent;
n English II: 7.3 percent below basic; 26.2 percent basic; 48.8 percent proficient; 17.7 percent advanced; and a growth of .3 percent;
n English III: 15.8 percent below basic; 34.8 percent basic; 35.3 percent proficient; 14.1 percent advanced; and a decrease of 1.6 percent; and
n U.S. History: .1 percent below basic; 4.6 percent basic; 48.7 percent proficient; 46.6 percent advanced; and a decrease of 3.4 percent.
Ringstaff said a special emphasis was placed on Algebra II last year in light of the 2013 TCAP results. The subject's growth as reflected by TCAP was the largest for the city school system. The director of schools said the same focus would be placed on several additional subjects during the 2014-15 school year.
The school system showed a cumulative 26.5 percent decrease across the 11 categories and a 17.6 percent increase between Algebra II and English II. The highest decrease in any particular category was 6.3 percent in Biology I. The lowest decrease in any particular category was 1 percent in both English I and Algebra I.
Ringstaff confirmed the school system's attention to the results.
"We have great places to cheer and we have areas of concern that we need to focus on and we will," he said. "I think our instructional team of principals have seen the data. They know what they need to hit, and we'll move the school system forward."
Added Ringstaff, "Cleveland did well under the circumstances. I have every optimistic thought in the world we will do what is right."
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Megaupload founder and notorious hacker has fleet of exotics seized
If you are in the car scene, hacker underworld or follow the exploits of the Gumball 3000, then you know the name Kim Schmitz. Er, well if you don't know that name how about Kimble? Doesn't ring a bell, how about Kim Dotcom? Oh there we go, you probably recognize that from the recent indictments in the Megaupload.com case.
Known throughout the world as being one of the most infamous and successful hackers in history, Schmitz has launced a number of businesses. Some were legitimate, such as Data Protect, which he sold in 2000 but others were nothing more than elaborate insider trading and investment schemes that made the portly German very wealthy. However, they also got the flamboyant character in all kinds of legal trouble over the years.
His latest venture was MegaUpload, which was conceptualized to give access to file sharing and create a new kind of music distribution with huge rev-share for artists. And the artists such as: Kanye West, will.i.am, Jamie Foxx, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Alicia Keys, Chris Brown backed him on it too. He even appointed DJ Swizz Beats to CEO but that didn't make the business legitimate enough because now he is being slapped with several charges and his assets have been seized as the proceeds of crime.
Seems Schmitz has a fetish for Mercedes-Benzes dating back to his entry in the Gumball 3000 in 2001. His effort was serious netting him first place with his Mercedes Benz S600 Brabus SV12 Megacar complete with its own G55 AMG support vehicle. After the recent police raid at his massive New Zealand mansion, we see that Kim Dotcom had nearly every new Benz in the lineup except for the lowly B-Class. In addition to the fleet of black Benzes, there was a classic pink Cadillac, a Mini Clubman and the stately Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe.
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In this prequel to THE LORD OF THE RINGS, director Jackson brings back several Tolkien regulars for the fantastical tale of Frodo's uncle, Bilbo Baggins (Freeman), and his quest to reclaim the lost treasure of the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.
Once again McKellen's Gandalf the Grey is the instigator of an epic that involves incalculable danger and wry humour. Benedict Cumberbatch enters Middle Earth for the first time as The Necromancer, while old hands Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Elijah Wood, and especially Andy Serkis' monstrous Gollum all add to the adventure.
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which is practically everywhere.
There are also many squirrels living alongside people.
Malaysians generally don't kill or cage animals or even insects and
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Advantages of Using a Portable Oxygen Concentrator
Until just a couple of years ago it would have been actually difficult for someone needing a constant oxygen supply to travel freely. People that use oxygen tanks as a constant supply of oxygen had a very limited mobility so the next obvious step for businesses specializing in manufacturing this type of medical equipment was to develop a product which is less complicated to preserve and operate. This is how the idea for the portable oxygen concentrator very first came to light. An oxygen tank unit uses a heavy cylinder to store a limited supply of oxygen and this will be the primary reason why this method is considered to be outdated today.
The portable oxygen concentrator was first introduced at the beginning of the last decade and it's introduces a new concept. Instead of storing the supply required by patients, the portable oxygen concentrator contains a method that gathers oxygen from its immediate surroundings and by means of a special technology it's able to improve the concentration and offer the patient with optimum levels of oxygen. Simply because the portable oxygen concentrator doesn't store any amount of oxygen and only produces the amount needed by the patient at any time manufacturers had been able to greatly decrease the weight of this unit. Yet another major benefit to utilizing a portable oxygen concentrator over a standard tank system is it is possible to use it wherever you could uncover yourself without having to worry about recharges. However, given that every oxygen concentrator uses components that need electricity to gather and concentrate oxygen, this type of method needs a power source.
Whether you use a battery or a constant electricity supply the outcomes will probably be of the identical high quality. To be able to make it less complicated for patients to make use of this method when travelling, the portable oxygen concentrator could be powered by top quality batteries that can rapidly recharged by using numerous power sources, from wall sockets to automobile lighters. As a result of several polls, it was concluded that most patients prefer the portable oxygen concentrator program over the other alternatives since although it must be connected to a power source it permits them to travel without having to worry about special transportation along with other details. However one more benefit derived from employing the portable oxygen concentrator refers to the fact that this program poses none of the severe risks that patients suffering from respiratory illnesses have studying to live with when using oxygen tanks.
The major concern for most people is fear of explosion. It can be difficult to produce an oxygen tank explosion, but there is a slight risk that have users worried if used incorrectly. Simply because some patients may not afford to buy their own portable oxygen concentrator or may possibly not require one for a long period, several companies have begun providing a rental system that presents patients the opportunity to use this item in exchange for monthly fees instead of having to support the whole cost of obtain.


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Today I got back from this leadership retreat that they took all the ninth graders on at my school. They split the grade in half and one half went to one camp and the other half went to another camp. We talked about a lot of stuff pertaining mostly to who we are as individuals and as a class and where we would like to be as individuals and as a class by the time we graduate. For one activity we split up by gender and discused issues pertaining to that gender, then we got back together with the boys and the boys got to ask the girls a question and watch us discuss it and we got to ask the boys a question and watch them discuss it. The question the boys asked the girls was, "what's your ideal guy?" A few girls commented and then there was this big awkward silence so i jumped in and said, "Sometimes guys are disrespectful of girls when they're not falling all over them madly in love. My ideal guy is someone who doesn't expect or want me to be sexual with them because...*long awkward pause where it felt like there was sand in my throat, you all know that feeling...I'm gay so I don't want guys like that...I know that's not what you meant by ideal guy, but..." I was studering and shaking and I'm not entirly sure what i said but I asked a friend about it and she said that it made sense. I wasn't really planing on doing it then so I wasn't nervous before hand but afterwards i was really shaken and couldn't focus. i just sat there drinking a bottle of water and picking at the skin around my nails till it bled and i really needed to pee.
All my friends were really helpful, they knew that I had been trying to do that for a long time and they were all so proud of me and encouraging. I got an opportunity to come out to about five people earlier in the day and they were proud of me for that and then really proud when I came out to half the grade, everyone was hugging me and congradulating me. My gym teacher/health teacher/softball coach supposedly teared up. I didn't see it, I was kinda mumbling in the direction of my feet when I did it. The school's librarian, Amanda, was also there and she was really nice. I didn't know her very well but she was talking to me about her daughter who thought she was straight then fell in love with a girl who she dated for a year and is now seriously questioning. I told Amanda to tell her about oasis. Amanda has been becoming more and more involved in the diversity club at my school and she said that she was thinking about starting a club just for queer kids at the school so I might end up helping her to start that. I don't remember much of what she said, my mind was spinning from just coming out, but I'll talk to her about it on Tuesday.
So, yeah, I came out, everyone was fine with it, and I'm really happy. Also, someone who uses things like "thats so gay" or calls random thing or people fags, a lot, I saw him nearly say something like that latter that night but then he saw me and kept his mouth shut, yay!
Congratulations! Coming out to so many people must be quite a thrill! I am really glad it turned our all right!
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that's really awesome. congratulations!
"It's like Dillinger once told me, 'It's always darkest just before they turn on the lights!'"
Congratulations!!! That's fantastic, it's always really hard to come out, especially to big groups. It's really great that you could do that, and I'm really impressed that you had the guts to (I took the easy way out and changed my facebook and waited for the news to spread, so that everyone already knew before I started acting really gay in school). So, congrats about a million times; that's really, really awesome and you should be proud. (And yay for homophobic idiots not being quite as homophobic/idiotic!!!)
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I lost my coherency for a minute because I was so overjoyed. What a brave move! Especially in front of so many people!
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LGS was clearing out their opened "demo" games. Picked up a copy of Tannhauser for $30CDN (unplayed, just no shrink wrap), and they also had a Wolf box for $4CDN. been wanting it for a while, but could never quite pull the trigger on it at full price.
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I hear you! I picked one up on ebay w/ wolf for $30US (plus $10 in shipping). It's supposed to be here tomorrow. I picked up Yula earlier this week for $8US + free shipping.
I've been playing Tide of Iron for awhile, but would like something different other than your standard historical based board game. The entire "Token of the Month" thing is intriguing and the delays look inevitably long unless you know French rather well...
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Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add to the creamed mixture
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This bathroom is beating me! Basically, due to cost alone, we will have to go with an acrylic cheapy shower pan. However the shower is 5' wide and I don't want that wide expanse of shower to have to be covered with glass doors (not to mention the cost!). What I would really like would be to build a wall or half wall over half of the front opening. However the pans I've found only have tile flanges on three sides at the most and then the threshold on the front. Is there any way to build on those thresholds or retrofit flashing etc. so I could build a wall half way across? Is there any other option? I've seen the hard plastic pans that you can tile over but they are expensive and have the same issue with the threshold, is my only option a poured concrete pan? That's certainly out of the budget. I have been working on the design of this bathroom for over a year and I still cannot figure it out! Thank you for any input :) |
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- Posted by marleycat25 (My Page) on Tue, Dec 4, 12 at 7:37
I had the same dilemma. I used a 48 " shower pan from swanstone, solid surface, not flimsy at all. I build the side wall up to it and used that space inside the shower to build a seat and a nice niche.. the opening was fitted with a standard shower door, the shower feels large but the floor is only 48" with that great seat. Hope this helps. We love it and it was very inexpensive to do. |
- Posted by marleycat25 (My Page) on Tue, Dec 4, 12 at 7:43
here is the niche, I made the wall deep enough to make a usable niche. I highly recommend the swanstone pan. Make sure it is the solid surface. |
- Posted by enigmaquandry (My Page) on Tue, Dec 4, 12 at 22:29
Marleycat24, thank you for the pictures! How did you make sure the seam between the wall and the pan is waterproof? And were you able to build the wall right on top of the threshold itself? Are you able to nail or screw into it? Thank you so much :) |
- Posted by marleycat25 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 5, 12 at 8:39
Not exactly sure what you are asking. The shower pan itself has a lip on 3 sides, u build the walls down to that lip and the wall overhangs the pan so the water flows down not behind. The front of the pan has the threshold, you don't have to nail anything to that. A bead of caulk around the whole base keeps it waterproof. (BTW...I am a 60+ woman, and did it myself. Can't be too hard!) I believe they tell you NOT to nail into the pan itself. Go on Swanstone website and pull up the specs. It might be easier to see the flange and threshold there. The threshold sits up at least 4 inches so the water stays in. I ordered it from http://www.buyandlargeinc.com/ They had the Best price! Good luck! |
- Posted by barbcollins (My Page) on Thu, Dec 6, 12 at 7:29
marleycat25 - how did you build the bench outside of the shower base? Was it framed with lumber? How did you waterproof the bench. We are also using a SwanStone base and are not sure how or what steps to take to go about building the bench and waterproofing it. enigmaquandry - did you figure out a design for your bathroom? How did it turn out? |
Hi mkzmom and enigmaquandry, If either of you have product or installation questions about the Swan shower pans, we'd love to help you out! Feel free to email us at email@example.com. Our support guys really know their stuff. I'm sure they can help you out if you need it! Hope this helps. Chelsie Hellige, Swan Social Media Coordinator |
Enigmaquandry, are you asking about building on top of the threshold itself, to reduce the opening size? That's how I interpreted your question, and I was wondering the same thing. I'm going to have the same basic configuration as Marleycat, but I wanted to extend the wall by the seat further onto the threshold. I wanted the door to be only 36" wide. The toilet will be next to it, and I want to be able to mount a tp holder on that wall. I would appreciate any advice from others about whether or not it's possible to retrofit the threshold to accommodate a tiled wall. We're planning to use a cast iron pan, but the issue is the same, I think. |
I'm wrestling with this exact problem! I thought I had the answer when I found this page from Houzz: http://www.houzz.com/photos/92378/Cedar-Park-Residence-13-modern-bathroom-seattle If you read the questions and answers, they say that this is a shower pan with 4 flanges, ie you can build a wall or curb on each side. Great, I thought - problem solved! HOWEVER, I have since read on the internet that terrazzo shower pans are hard to keep clean and that is why they are no longer popular. Also writersblock mentioned, here on GWeb, that they are slippery. So I'm still trying to figure it out. Current plan is to have a Kohler cast iron pan, but then I'll need to have a glass panel and a glass door on the opening side. I really want to build a half wall over half of the front opening, so that I can have the vanity next to the shower with no gap between them. But I can't figure out a way to make that happen if I use a cast iron or a Swanstone pan. Any ideas, anyone? Or is a 10-inch gap between the shower and the vanity OK and not weird-looking? |
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - An Alameda County judge is ordering back pay for more than 50,000 state workers he ruled were illegally furloughed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch on Thursday ordered the state to pay all employees who work in nearly 70 departments their full salaries. He also ordered an end to the three-day-a-month furloughs.
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In this world, walks Jeremiah. The son of a high-ranking government official, he searches for what happened and a place his father called Valhala Sector where there might be help and the truth of what happened. Along the way, he teams up with Kurdy and must deal with rival social factions, lack of food and other necessities, and the hard journey ahead.
The 20-episode series is based on the award-winning European graphic novel series by Belgian author Hermann Huppen. Adapted by Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski (who serves as Executive Producer & wrote the pilot), it is a dark world full of danger and people with their own agendas. The series stars Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210) as Jeremiah and Malcolm-Jamal Warner (Cosby) as Kurdy.
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The GBD stresses the substantial underestimation of the burdens of mental illnesses like depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and alcohol abuse.
"The burdens of mental illnesses, such as depression, alcohol dependence and schizophrenia, have been seriously underestimated by traditional approaches that take account only of deaths and not disability."
"While psychiatric conditions are responsible for little more than one percent of deaths, they account for almost 11 percent of disease burden worldwide."
The projections for total disease burden in the year 2020 predict that depression will be the second leading cause of disease burden and that psychiatric and neurological conditions could increase their share of total burden from 10.5 percent to 15 percent. The Global Burden of Disease report has provided a new view of current and future health needs, which will effect the policy makers decisions about healthcare distribution and practice. The study emphasized the contribution of mental illness to disability and disease burden illustrating that future health practices must better address mental health issues.
Key findings regarding mental illness:
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