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*5:33 – LB: "I don't think our clients care nor should they care" about whether Goldman is short something. "You could have the biggest mutual fund in the world selling stock and you wouldn't know it
Carl: "This is a shitty deal, this is crap, what you think about that."
LB: "We are selling securities all the time that we don't like" but people just want to buy things.
*5:41 – LB and Carl Levin go back and forth and back and forth on what being a market maker is and whether anyone care if Goldman is short something it was selling to someone else.
Carl: You're selling, then shorting. LB: We're buying and selling all the time.
Carl: "I wouldn't trust you if you came to me trying to sell something."
LB: The buyer doesn't care. They don't give a crap that we're betting against this stuff.
*5:46 – John McCain pops in despite the fact he's been gone the entire day. Asks Lloyd why he thinks Goldman needed the TARP money.
LB – "We were brought in" and had no choice but to take the gov't money.
McCain – Brings up shorting the residential mortgage market. LB says they made $500 million in revenue in 2007, but "did not make big money." McCain slips up and says "you took Pork, I mean TARP money."
*5:52 – Has Goldman done anything, McCain asks, to help community banks and homeowners pay their bills? LB: "We delivered $1 billion of the firm's money to philanthropy" with $500 million to help small businesses. "Are any of these things enough? Not for the suffering existing in the world, but we are trying to do our part."
*5:56 – McCain is just taking up time. He asks Lloyd what a synthetic CDO is. (John, we just heard 8 hours of testimony on that)
*McCain can't pronounce Abacus. Lloyd corrects him and says he doesn't believe there needs to be any disclosure on who is on the short side of the Abacus. "Senator this is not the subject of the legal proceeding" McCain: "A lot of these things are complicated Mr. Blankfein and may of them are hurting very badly and they believe your handling of the mortgage and housing was a direct contributor to the meltdown." So There.
*6:04 – LB: Responding to a question of whether they need clients, Lloyd says "clients used to ask you for advice and then go another institution and ask for financing" Now, you not only have to give them advice, you have to have the balance sheet to help them accomplish their objectives.
*6:08 – The senators still can't seem to figure out when Goldman was short and when it was long on CDOs. Kaufman is going over the whole timeline again and Lloyd sticks to the playbook "We reduced our risk."
Kaufman: "Don't you think there's an appearance of a conflict here?" LB: "I don't know."
Uh oh, protestors are getting uppity. They're yelling and most likely being escorted out.
*6:15 – LB: "We didn't behave like we knew" what was going to happen in the mortgage market and "our positions reflect that because had we known we would have been massively short the market." Kaufman: At what point did you decide the market was crappy. LB: "I don;t know that the decision was made to leave that business." (It was just to reduce risk, right Lloyd?)
Kaufman – People on Wall Street are really smart. They knew the housing market was a bad deal. LB: "We're not that smart."
*6:22 – Kaufman gets the last word. "What really bothers people the most is not the bailouts" but the incredible compensation to people who made "horrible decisions." "The idea that Wall Street came out just fine, thank you."
*6:25 – Coburn admits Congress was the one who screwed up in not regulating mortgages asks Lloyd if he's concerned about anything he's heard at the hearing today. LB says, while he's in the business of worrying, he seems not concerned about the actions of the employees on the prior panels.
Lloyd hints at possibly shedding Goldman's bank holding company status.
On the financial bill – "I'm generally supportive of it, although there's some details I'm less comfortable with." He mentions Obama's speech and how he agrees with the president that regulation will help bring trust back to the markets.
*6:40 – LB: "The financial system will be safer if banks are required to have more capital." "It's important for Goldman Sachs that we take away the notion that we're too big to fail. A lot of the negativity associated with us is because of the perception that we are too big to fail and we have to get rid of that."
*6:48 – Coburn asks LB why Goldman released Fab's personal email. "Why would you do that to your employee, Coburn said."Somebody made a personal decision that he's going to be the whipping boy." LB said the firm wanted to get it all out and said "I don't think we added to those emails." (Basically danced around the question.)
Getting close to 7pm – Carl Levin is getting hungry.
*6:56 – "In hindsight, I wish we had done more. At the time, we believed we were doing appropriate due diligence and disclosure."
Anyone who wants to read the "Shitty deal" emails can do so here.
*7:00 – When Lloyd says "Cats and dogs," he means old stuff they need to get off their books.
*7:05 – McCaskill doesn't seem to understand the futures market. "You guys are securitizing this stuff and tranching it." LB goes back to his days as an oil trader to make the point that there are a lot of financial speculators out there.
*7:09 – LB on Abacus: "I know there is an inherent distaste for the short side some of things. But ACA, the selection agent, was the biggest buyer of the deal. They bought $900 million of it." On rating agencies: "They were inaccurate. I think they never anticipated the market could fall as much as it did."
*7:15 – More LB on Abacus: "I think our person who testified in the first panel, said the selection agent knew about [Paulson] going short." Whether that information should have been disclosed, Lloyd says "I don't know, there's no duty on us to disclose the existence of a short." The question is whether Paulson had undo influence on selecting the assets in the CDO, Lloyd said. He said more than half the securities suggested by Paulson were thrown out by the selection agent.
*7:30 – Jon Tester of Montana asks LB if Goldman is too big to fail. LB says, "I don't believe so." Tester thinks he and Lloyd are speaking different languages. "It seems to me, that it's not like selling a broken horse," Tester said, although he said it seemed to him that there was a failure to disclose relevant things to the parties in the transaction. "It sounds like a scam."
*7:41 – "There are parts of the business where you are a money manager and there are other parts where you are giving the client something they want" and they understand that you might be taking the other side of the trade.
*7:55 – LB and Carl Levin get into a round and round about why Goldman took money from AIG instead of going to a private insurance contract. Asked if he was troubled by the fact that Goldman got taxpayer money. LB said he was.
*7:58 – Levin ends the hearing with some declarations: He raises the idea thank banker should not offer their clients investments they don't themselves believe in. "You don't see that and it troubles me that you don't see that. Goldman Sachs has turned itself into its own client. You took stuff from your own inventory that you didn't believe in and sold it, then you bet against it."
*8:09 – 55B, man, 55B
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Did you SEE THAT STINKEYE!! That was awsome!
I will buy whatever Llyod tells me to. He's so dreamy
Lloyds being killed
Lloyd isn't having a great showing today.
Leading a lamb to the slaughter …
Carl Levin just destroyed Blankfein. Up until this point, I thought Goldman was doing a good job of giving nothing away and holding everything important to its chest. No longer.
What in the universe is McCain talking about?
McCain is killing the guy. He's spending too much time trying to figure out where the questioning is going …
Carl: "I wouldn't trust you if you came to me trying to sell something."
LB: I wouldn't care if you trusted me as long as you bought from me and you would buy from me because you wouldn't know it was me you were buying from and just so you know, everything that is being sold anywhere at anytime is being sold by me – I am not a Market Maker, I AM THE MARKET. AH ha! AH ha! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Carl: I'll take ten crap pools, please.
Is Lloyd trying to grow a stache? Or did he forget the Norelco and hasn't shaved since 3 am?
Funny… 500 million is not big money when make it in the CDO market, but, when you give it away… It is a major effort in philanthropy.
Blankfein's out and Viniar's in. Blankfein is acting like his job is on the line and it is.
Abbbahhhcus, you dolt?
are you ever going to report on anything aside from goldman again?
Its all over for GS.
LD is leaning AWWLLLL over "market maker" status BUT in the ABACUS deal GS was a broker- pure and simple. And, they failed a basic 10b-5 duty. They omitted "material info" that Paulson picked the securities and he was shorting.
Earlier when Fab was asked, did you inform IKB that Paulson was short and he said "No". That was game, set, match.
GS, welcome to the dawn of Stifel, Piper and Schwab. Without FICC GS is just another fucking used car salesman, long term greedy my ass. HAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA
If you really want know just ask.
wow mccain should check himself into a retirement home.
good god McCain completely embarrased himself
who's the delicious guy over lloyd's right shoulder??! bess, helP!
Yeah, just think @19, but for the grace of God, he and Palin as veep would have gone this great country.
If you really want to know just ask.
CL: "I wouldn't trust you if you came to me trying to sell something."
LB: "You don't have the money to buy anything I'm selling, you dimwit." -
Senators are asking the wrong questions.
TRADING DESKS ARE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER and HAVE THE SAME MANAGER!!!! -
Oh look, Lemony Snicket again.
Lloyd is doing well against this bunch of pharisees.
Capital "L" small "l" small "o" small "y" small "d."
like how McCain tried to help the thrifts / S&Ls in Arizona in late 80's early 90's…
Now this is way too funny. Gasparino finally makes it to Broadway. Check out the link. American Idiot:Stomping Onto Broadway With a Punk Temper Tantrum
http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/theater/reviews/21idiot.html?src=me&ref=theater -
Looks like Gilbert Gottfried
L.B.: Senator, can we discuss the SEC's errant beating-off to porn over the last few years during the crisis
C.L.: Check this out, Coburn, the money shot! Oh, sorry, yes, Mr. Blankfein, as you were saying…. -
For an Okie, Coburn knows his shit – he's giving it good to LB.
@23 Get elected as a Senator first.
Ask Coburn about his Medicaid fraud. He's a moron.
Zach, nothing personal, but you're just not a very good live blogger. Has Bess finished her martini yet?
if most of the questions besides the SEC case relate to the subprime in general and — importantly — the committee is evidently looking to get the best information possible for reform consideration, W(hy)TF is lloyd the only ceo testifying?
Sen. Carl Levin (D – Michigan) absolute moron, dumber than a box of rocks, has no idea or doesn't care how financial markets work.
Sen. John Ensign (R – Nevada ) harped on "ethics" however: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31652.html
Sen. Mark Pryor (D – Arkansas) this guy was not that annoying but kind of blank, as in
Sen. Tom Coburn (R – Oklahoma) The only senator so far that seems to have any understanding of how the finical markets work.
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D – Missouri) fairly intelligent but off base by using sports betting analogies.
Lloyd Blankfein is a great American!
Deeznuts, do the world a favor and log off your campus library / coffee shop wifi, tie up those converse all stars, pull those nut huggers skinny jeans tight and suck on the business end of a shotgun. I'm long firearm and ammunition companies so I'm not selling you something I don't fully believe in.
-Evil Banker
Dawn of Piper, Steifel, Schwab and GS? Really?
If you understand the subject matter, I don't think Lloyd came off too badly. Harried, but not unsympathetic. And trying very hard as the lawyers have counseled him not to give Levin the sound bite. If you don't understand it, you see a guy hemming and hawing while the big, bad Senator keeps asking, "now what about this crap you're selling?"
Most of the Senators, though, I can't say I think more highly of them after this exhibition. McCain, the sad demise of a pretty good American, and he is ruining his reputation in his reelection bid. Second the terror of him as Prez. How do you think Palin feels now? She would be months away from becoming Commander-in-Chief. Ka-rist!
Sen. Carl Levin (D – Michigan) absolute moron, dumber than a box of rocks, has no idea or doesn't care how financial markets work.
Sen. John Ensign (R – Nevada ) harped on "ethics" however: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31652.html
Sen. Mark Pryor (D – Arkansas) this guy was not that annoying but kind of blank, as in if he had a though bubble next to him it would be blank.
Sen. Tom Coburn (R – Oklahoma) The only senator so far that seems to have any understanding of how the finical markets work.
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D – Missouri) fairly intelligent but off base by using sports betting analogies.
Sen. John McCain (R – Arizona) should have stayed home he seemed confused.
Lloyd Blankfein is a great American!
time for a new lloyd picture. hasn't been funny for a long time.
In overlawyering and coaching the first panel, it only pissed Levin off (his slow, choppy start). His frustration bubbled over to the Blankfein panel. Wowsa. Great lawyerly advice gang!
"uh market making, uh"
viniar is the smoothest motherfucker alive, blankfein isn't doing too well
wow that guy is too big to fail
NEVER thought I'd say this but I feel sympathy for Goldman. The lack of preparation by the Senators is just shocking. One day the GS guys will look back on this bizzare day and go WTF was I doing there and how did I get caught up in that?
These Senators are morons
I can't turn away…
Because The Government decided not to let AIG default.
"Mr. Levin, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
I seriously need to study for the CFA. This thing is killing me…MORE CHARTS!!!
Carl Levin's Charts has just cost me 1 month of studying for the CFA. I think I would have been safer watching Jersey Shore.
Is this Levin's grand finale? His ace up his sleeve? Is this what he's been saving all day?
Levin tried to come to play
@50 the senators would be safer if we all watched Jersey shore as we would never vote for any of the ever again.
Senator Penguin is befuddled by all of this- don't confuse him with the facts or he will take out more charts his assistant Moneypenny created on her mimeograph machine. Look at all of those charts these people don't even know what a computer is and they are making laws for us OMG!
Who put together these binders?
they should have just used ipads with adobe reader……oh wait
@23 Hahaha, like these idiots will ever get close to asking the right questions.
Every time I think Levin is about to get to a point, he quickly goes off to another pointless tangent. Get that old codger outta there.
Does $3B sound like a lot of money to you? Does it?
Bess, you are my daughter and I demand you continue liveblogging into the night
LB: "Senator, let me explain to you again how financial markets work."
Cramer is right on the money. These Senators think Goldman sells cars.
what about the junk bond market…….I guess no one can sell greek debt
if i'm LB, I go out and buy a community bank tomorrow and immediately shut it down just to show that I can
Do people realize that Carl Levin went to Harvard Law School? Boy have standards risen in the Ivy League in the last 40 years…..
@66 I think we can attribute this to the fact that Carl Levin is closing in on his 200th birthday. He's clearly gone senile, and looks like death warmed over.
Its the other way around
From Wikipedia
Levin was born in Detroit to Jewish parents Bess Levinson
love the smug grin on lloyds face while responding to his obviously uneducated questions and debating semantics
@68 That is friggin' hilarious.
Most amazing to me is that Dealbreaker IT didn't explode, not even once.
Where is Jamie Dimon while all this is going on?
Sly bastard.
@20…Guy over Lloyd's shoulder…he had his way with me on Nantucket last summer…
"I thought it was the royal We" = Lloyd's final moment.
From the GS emails:
"I bet all the dads at camp are talking about this."
Dear Senator Levin, you are a mockery of the United States Government, a complete and utter waste of taxpayer time and money. You should be fired in short order. You, nor your staff understand structured products let alone the intricacies of acting as market maker in this product. I do not work for Goldman Sachs, nor did I create or sell CDO's. Yet as a taxpayer and an investment banker, you have made a complete fool of yourself and the office you hold. You should be ashamed of yourself and the way you and your team presented yourselves today. I am extremely disappointed in your work, and I speak on behalf of educated Americans everywhere. Leading an unfounded inquisition into one of the last great service industries in America will be your career death sentence.
One always wonder how much the senators really know and don't know. I suspect that they usually try to play to the cameras or audience regardless of topic. And, they will try to take any given issue and spin it down into an easy construction that most benefits their own political goals. They probably know that the average American is really clueless about the financial markets; clueless about the varying functions, securities, jobs and positions; and really wouldn't know a hedge fund from private equity from mutual fund from market maker in actual detail of function.
So you end up with the senators, opinions made based on broad political calculations, trying to force Lloyd into their script, rather than letting him draw them into his likely more factual representation of how GS might view a transaction.
(Stating the obvious but just had to say it)
I see these products the same as cigarettes. "Ok, you want cigarettes? You have a desire, a demand a 'need' for cigarettes?" "Yes, we want/need these." "Sure, I'll sell them at $X" "You're done!" "Done, thanks." What's the difference? Customers wanted something that any QUIB would know was built on sand…the broker/dealers made them a market and hedged their risk, i don't see any problems.
Bottom line – the govt bailout of AIG was really a bailout of Goldman. Should have let 'em both go BK. Thieves!!!
@79 – where the fuck did you come up with that?
@80 – Sen Levin and go eat yourself a shit sandwich….
@79 – waiting until 11pm so you can take a black car home? shouldn't went to Goldman, we take black cars starting at 7pm after our sushi dinner.
Moron. Lb said it was covered by insurance. -
Gosh where is marxine when you need her most?
@81 – you're a dumb-ass sheep. go order your water with lemon for diner and whine some more about your half-truth made-up talking points.
yeah right Levins a dope, ,,,he showed those Goldman Douches that they are a bunch of shysters and liars,,,
Who would invest in Goldman Sachs mortgage investments? I played it safe and bought Greek bonds and magic beans.
@82 Black cars started at 9pm when i was there…
Where GS and LB have failed is to explain the role of a broker versus a dealer in the financial markets. The structure of a CDO and a synthetic CDO; as well. Educational time to inform these ignorant idiots in office is the first problem. Why don't those a$$holes in Congress get up to speed on the real issue – a "soft" public policy that everyone deserves the right to a mortgage by lowering lending standards, and along with FRE & FNM support of the US mortgage market, this allowed the securitization of sub-prime borrowers, which freed up even more monies to lend more…
That is how we got into this mess, just because someone is short does not imply that something is inherently wrong or illegal. GS was making two sided markets – real simple.
Take a US corporation for example, are they not shorting their respective bonds or securities to investors when they are sold under new issue, they create the securities – so they sell securities they created and investors buy them, the only difference is that the corp. continues to pay interest and principal, if they stop then we call it a short? It that now criminal when the corp. can not pay?
It's very clear how unfunny this was compared to the A+ job Bess did on her Pannel 1 live blogging post. Who else thinks it time to start a 'Fire Kouwe Fund'? We might have to step in here and pay for his removal since the Breaking Media editors can't figure out how insulting it is to allow Zach to print at this great publication.
91 – Too long, didn't read.
Sen. Dbag: So what would you say, you do here?
LB: Well look, I already told you! I deal with the God damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills! I am good at dealing with people! Can't you understand that?! What the hell is wrong with you people!!!
Levin is a complete moron and essentially spent hours trying to look 'tough on wall street' on TV. The premise that a market maker shouldn't sell stuff they "don't believe in" is completely ridiculous. That's akin to TD Ameritrade declining your trades because they believe you're taking the wrong position… all around retarded.
Do you think the FCC fines Levin for trash-talking like Howard Stern?
@76 well put
Don't remember the specific dialogue, but how about when the (AR senator, I think) asked if market makers should be required to disclose their subjective directional view of the specific security/securities in transaction (as if a consensus view from the mm even exists). Sparks began listing the obvious complexities and conflicts with the utterly stupid idea, and the senator replies: "well that might be your opinion but I'm not so sure about that.."
I agree with whoever mentioned earlier that the first round of MDs + Fabrice was overlawyered. Why didn't someone just speak up and explain a market maker isn't an advisor? Perfect opportunity when ill-informed Sen. Collins scoffed that she never knew of an "investment bank" that advertised its ability to execute transactions instead of offer advice (as if GS = schwab). Oh, and Fabrice's comment about how a short necessarily approves the reference portfolio in a synthetic, otherwise the long would put only treasuries in the rp and avoid all risk, went over the senators heads.
Vote people please! These people should be asking if we want fabric softener in our laundry
@97 exactly
"(you)…should not offer their clients investments they don't themselves believe in. You don't see that and it troubles me that you don't see that. Goldman Sachs has turned itself into its own client. You took stuff from your own inventory that you didn't believe in and sold it, then you bet against it."
A guy who represents Detroit berating someone for selling something they don't believe in. Priceless.
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I have a very nice Lily with tons of "flowers" but they are all green. It´s on a side of a west-looking window but does not receive direct light. Could this be the reason? If not, what am I doing wrong? This is the first time I have a Lily looking so healthy and with so many flowers, but only one is white. Any ideas? |
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- Posted by hopefulauthor z5IL (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Wed, Apr 3, 13 at 11:44
Hi Ro, Actually, green PL flowers are not unusual and definately not anything to worry over. Normally, older /mature Spaths/PL produce light green blooms. Would you happen to know your plants age? Sounds like you're doing a great job with your plants. Have a picture? Toni |
A spathe is actually a modified leaf or bract. In white spathes, the green chloroplasts are masked, but sometimes become more prevalent and move the bract toward a green color when receiving insufficient light. The spike in the middle of the modified leaf is actually the bloom. To draw a parallel, what almost everyone calls the flower or bloom on a poinsettia are also modified leaves (bracts), the color of which are greatly affected by photo-period and to some degree, photo-intensity. The poinsettia's blooms, like the spathe's are also rather insignificant/inconspicuous and located in the middle of the bracts. Al |
I have also heard fertilizing can cause green flowers. |
thank you all for your responses! I have no idea of the age of the plant. My husband got it for me in the supermarket. I repotted it about a month ago, but it already had green spathes (thanks Al, for the info!). I do not use fertilizers other than whatever is on the potting soil that I buy (Scott´s maybe?). I changed it to another window that gets more light. |
FYI - supplemental nutrition is a very necessary part of taking care of containerized plants - so much so that it works best if the grower shoulders all the responsibility for making sure the plant gets all the nutrients a plant normally takes from the soil (and in a favorable ratio to each other). It sounds mysterious and complicated, but it's as easy as choosing the right fertilizer. Choosing a soil combination and fertilizer that really compliment each other would probably represent the largest step forward a container grower can take at any one time. I hope I've piqued your curiosity. ;-) Al |
- Posted by plantomaniac08 8 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 3, 13 at 22:56
PhytoRo, Were those green "flowers" on your PL when your Hubby brought it home? If so, as they age, the white "flowers" will turn green as they begin the process of dying. I can't say how long they last once opened, but that's another reason for green "flowers." On a different note, to add to Al's comment about bracts and flowers, the same holds true for Euphorbia Milli, "Crown of Thorns." Although I guess that's alittle redundant on my part, as Poinsettias and "Crown of Thorns" come from the same genus. ;) But a fun fact for those who also like succulents. Planto |
thank you all for the info! I´m sorry it took me a while to respond. I am most interested in the fertilization aspect. Could you please post a link where it´s explained? Also, if these green brackets are older/dying, should I trim them to stimulate growth of new (white) ones? thank you very much! |
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Features By Inkoo Kang on September 25, 2013 | Comments (2)Here's one of my pet peeves: critics describing the setting of a TV show or film as a "character," the way Manhattan was routinely called a "fifth character" in Sex and the City. Describing a location as a "character" is supposed to be a compliment — it means the writers, set designers, and directors have done their job of building a convincing world — but to me it usually just sounds like a disparagement of TV shows and films that don't bother to feature a unique background. The current "golden age of television," which dawned after a conspicuous New Yorkification and Californization of the TV landscape in the 1990s, has largely taken place outside of the five boroughs and the Golden State. The Sopranos, the herald of the prestige cable drama era, took place in northern New Jersey — geographically close but culturally far from the big city. Breaking Bad has achieved brilliant cinematography in New Mexico, while The Wire and Friday Night Lights accomplished in-depth explorations of why Baltimore and the fictional town of Dillon, Texas, are the way they are. Justified gets great mileage out of its unique and detailed portrayal of Harlan County. All the above shows were filmed on location — enriching TV as a visual medium. Even Mad Men, The Shield, and Sex and the City, which do take place in America's two cultural capitals, have grander ambitions regarding their settings. The action in those shows takes place mostly in relatively small neighborhoods of their respective cities. Thus, Don Draper's Manhattan isn't Jerry Seinfeld's. Vic Mackey's LA isn't even in the same universe as Beverly Hills, […]
SXSW 2013: 'Bates Motel' Preview Shows Hints of 'Twin Peaks', 'Lost', and 'Friday Night Lights'
Features By Jack Giroux on March 11, 2013 | Comments (2)Who in their right mind would want to see a prequel to Psycho? Sequels and remakes have been attempted, but have failed miserably recapturing the original's magic. If Gus Van Sant can't come out looking good when playing Alfred Hitchcock, then why even bother? A producer and writer from the show, Lost honcho Carlton Cuse, attended this year's Southwest by Southwest to both tell us and show us why, premiering the show's pilot to a few hundred people. It's fair to say he answered the question of "who cares?" swiftly, mainly because of the prowess of Vera Farmiga, helping to bring real drama to the show's key relationship. The pilot has a good deal of set up, but it still allows for smaller, more nuanced moments to tells us everything we need to know about Norman (Freddie Highmore) and his mother's dynamic.
Year in Review: The 11 Best TV Shows of 2011
2011 Year In Review By FSR Staff on December 31, 2011 | Comments (20)Because it's Saturday, we're talking television. That's when Amber Humphrey publishes her weekly entry of Channel Guide, our twice-weekly column on all things television. But there's something else at work this week. It might be Saturday, but it's also the final day of the year. And what better way to send off our coverage of television in the year 2011 than with a list of the shows that we loved most dearly. In order to do so, Channel Guiders Amber Humphrey and Mikela Floyd each contributed their picks for the five best shows of the year, in no particular order. In keeping with our '11 Best' theme for the Year in Review, FSR Publisher and closet television fanatic (don't tell movies, we don't want them to be jealous) Neil Miller throws in one final pick with his own best show of the year. All powers combined, they have unleashed our list of the 11 Best TV Shows of 2011.
Second 'Battleship' Trailer Transforms Into Something Derivative
Movie News By Nathan Adams on December 9, 2011 | Comments (7)The first glimpse we got of Peter Berg's upcoming board game adaptation (it hurts me somewhere deep to have to type those words) played a little coy with us, and at first made it look like the film would be sticking to the Battleship board game's naval battle roots. Once a spaceship popped up and the whole thing turned into an alien invasion movie, it was kind of a surprise. This second look at Battleship, however, doesn't bother to take any time tying this movie to the board game at all. It's all alien invasion from beginning to end. And with a color palette very reminiscent of Michael Bay's Transformers movies, a bunch of elaborately techno ships and weapons that look like they're right out of Michael Bay's Transformers movies, sound effects that seem to be ripped from Michael Bay's Transformers movies, and a big ol' headline that says this movie is from the company that brought you Michael Bay's Transformers movies, I think it's safe to say that Universal is aiming this thing less at fans of grid based strategy games and more at fans of Michael Bay's big, dumb Transformers movies. It leaves me with a question: if this movie isn't going to have anything to do with naval battles at all, why even attach it to the Battleship name? Why not just admit what you're doing and call it Gobots? Check out the new trailer below.
'Friday Night Lights' Star Zach Gilford to Join Schwarzenegger in His 'Last Stand'
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on October 3, 2011 | Comments (1)Young actor Zach Gilford is best known for his role as Matt Saracen, the unlikely choice for a starting quarterback on TV's Friday Night Lights. Over the course of a few seasons, Gilford took Saracen from being a shy, mumbly-mouthed, and in-over-his-head second-stringer to being a less shy, less mumbly-mouthed star player with aspirations toward being an artist; so you know the kid has the chops. But even if you've already proven your skills on the small screen, you don't just jump right into meaty Hollywood roles, you've got to pay your dues. To that end, Gilford has recently signed on to play Arnold Schwarzenegger's sidekick in the upcoming action showdown Last Stand. Last Stand is the Kim Jee-Woon-directed Western that has been described as a cross between Die Hard and High Noon. It stars Schwarzenegger as an aging, small town sheriff who finds himself mixed up in some nasty business with a Mexican drug cartel. You see, one of the cartel's big wheels has broken out of a U.S. prison, and Schwarzenegger and his sleepy town are the only things that stand between the escaped con and his pathway of destruction back into Mexico. I haven't heard it mentioned until now, but apparently Schwarzenegger also has a bright-eyed young deputy under his command. This is the role that Gilford will be playing. It may not be a glamorous part, but you've got to break out of the stigma of being a TV and indie film actor somehow, and jumping into a […]
Editor's Note: This article will be updated in real time as the winners come in during the Primetime Emmys broadcast. Winners will be highlighted in bold and you can check out the winners that were already announced at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. The very first Emmy Award was given to a ventriloquist named Shirley Dinsdale who worked with a puppet called Judy Splinters. Is that significant? Of course it is. That fact coupled with the design of the award itself – a woman holding an atom – represent the true heart of television's most significant celebration: artistic inspiration, scientific technology, and wooden humanoids that only talk with a hand shoved up their back. Ponder that while you bask in the glory of the victorious. Here are the winners of the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards.
'Friday Night Lights' Coach Kyle Chandler Added to Ben Affleck's 'Argo'
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on August 25, 2011 | Comments (3)I've recently been using the magic of streaming video services to catch up with Peter Berg's high school football melodrama Friday Night Lights. The show isn't great, it's got its good points and bad points, but easily the strongest aspect of the whole thing is not the teenagers or the football, it's the marriage between main character Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and his wife Tami (Connie Britton). A lot of why it works is that their relationship is written more real, and with less forced crisis than any other marriage I've seen on a prime time drama, but the other part of why it works is because Kyle Chandler is just such a warm, engaging presence on the screen. And now that the show is over he's going to need to find some more work. I'm rooting for the guy. He landed a pretty big role in J.J. Abrams Super 8 earlier this summer, and that's got to help some with his visibility. And in a current piece focusing on the actor in USA Today, they've revealed that he has a small role in Ben Affleck's upcoming hostage thriller Argo. I hadn't heard his name attached to that film yet, and a quick look at the IMDB page reveals that it hasn't been added there, so let's treat this as news. And also I'll treat it as an excuse to talk a bit more about the cast that Affleck has assembled. I already reported on the story that John Goodman […]
News From 2003: Peter Berg Prepping 'Friday Night Lights' Movie
In Development By Scott Beggs on August 2, 2011 | Comments (2)Billy Bob Thornton owned the role of Coach Gaines in 2004's Friday Night Lights, which is partially why it was so surprising for Kyle Chandler to own the role of Coach Taylor in a completely distinctive way when the television show hit in 2006. That pilot is one of the best produced in the past ten years, and it launched a hell of a series. That series which was borne out of the big screen now looks to make the jump back to its roots. "We have a real good script idea. We want to do it. We're very serious about doing it. We intend to do it," director and show creator Peter Berg told TVLine. He went on to describe the concept as one that revolves around Chandler and Connie Britton (who plays his wife in the series). The other roles would ostensibly be new characters taken up by new actors – the benefit of working with characters in high school. That very thing is a big structural part of why the show worked. New seasons would mean new seasons, and the audience would have to say goodbye to some and learn to like (or hate) newcomers. That won't benefit a movie as well, but at its heart, it's a story about sports and the impact they have on a small town in Texas. That's a pretty classic story on its own. Now to see if Brian Robbins and James Van Der Beek have a new football movie in […]
Movie News After Dark: Comic-Con Cometh, Captain Propaganda, Jurassic Park 4 and Gaga Mutants
Movie News By Neil Miller on July 18, 2011 | Be the First To CommentWhat is Movie News After Dark? It's a nightly column dedicated to links. These links will take you places. Mostly to great articles with topics rooted in the entertainment industry. Sometimes to shenanigans. You just never know. Especially if you don't read before clicking. Comic-Con begins this week, and as you might expect, our team will be there to bring you all the play-by-play. If you're around the San Diego Convention Center this coming weekend, keep an eye out for the Rejects. Also, you should read this 25 easy rules of Comic-Con etiquette over at io9. We will adhere to at least 10 of these. We promise.
Channel Guide: Emmy Nominations… Yes, We're Doing This Again
Features By Merrill Barr on July 16, 2011 | Comments (6)Yup, it's that time of the year again. That time of the year where we TV folk bitch and moan about what shows won't be getting some golden Emmy love because the Academy is full of old people who think basic cable is what holds up the Brooklyn Bridge, which they also saw get built… I think… That said, this year's Emmy Nominations are no more surprising than they were last year. Mad Men leads in the scripted drama series dept with nineteen nominations, but more interestingly, the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce leads the overall with twenty one nominations. Before we get and further into this, let's check out some of the shows that didn't get nominated for anything in either overall, acting or technical categories (not that any of this matters, like usual).
Like in a Nerd Dream, Adrianne Palicki Goes From Being Wonder Woman to Lady Jaye
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on July 1, 2011 | Be the First To CommentActress Adrianne Palicki, fresh off of a press tour where she tried on a bunch of Wonder Woman outfits or something, has already landed her next big job. The Friday Night Lights veteran is set to make her highest profile jump to the big screen yet when she joins the cast of G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes. There has been a lot of casting news coming out about this one in the last few days, and it's reportedly because Cobra Strikes got put on the fast track for a release next summer once it became clear that the Star Trek sequel was going to need more time to get made. Recently we've gotten news that Dwayne Johnson has joined the cast as Roadblock, the RZA as the Blind Master, and D.J. Cotrona as Flint. Palicki has been chosen to play Lady Jaye, and if I remember my cartoon continuity correctly, she was often romantically entangled with Flint. It might then be important to speculate on whether or not there is any onscreen chemistry to be had between Palicki and Cotrona. On the other hand, if I remember my G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra continuity correctly, onscreen chemistry might not be the sort of thing they're worried about. Perhaps we should speculate on how she would look in one of those robotic urban assault suits instead. As long as there's not too much pleather I'm sure it'll be fine. Yo Joe! [Deadline Valparaiso]
Paul Thomas Anderson Finds Philip Seymour Hoffman a Wife and Son
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on June 1, 2011 | Be the First To CommentIn my eyes Paul Thomas Anderson is pretty much the most bulletproof director working in Hollywood today. After a string of movies including the likes of Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and There Will Be Blood I've built up faith that anything he does is going to be extraordinary. So I've been following the development of his next film, which stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as the founder of a Scientology-like cult, very closely. In a happy bit of news, it seems like the film is one step closer to starting production, as in the past week several casting decisions have been made.
Channel Guide: The Top 10 TV Big Shots of 2010-2011
Features By Merrill Barr on May 11, 2011 | Comments (4)Every TV season there are a select group of people that really stand out above the rest. People that really push their shows to a place that no one expects. People that take the medium of television and spin it on its head. And that's why sometimes they need the love that the Emmys just refuse to give. And with that, I bring you The Top 10 TV Big Shots of 2010-2011. Let's celebrate these creative minds and their teams in no particular order.
Welcome to the first week of April! Now that all of the internet jokes, gags, and pranks are out of the way it's time to settle in with another week of movies and TV shows on DVD to keep you entertained at home. Like every other week of the year this one features a fairly interesting array of titles that run the gamut from the good to the bad, but we also get two offbeat comedies that I think are worth a purchase for fans of oddball romances and charmingly humorous characters. Oh. And two shitty Tron movies hit shelves this week too. Year Of the Carnivore A young woman named Samantha Smalls (Cristin Milioti) has a terrible sexual experience with her guitarist crush, and he suggests she cut loose, have fun, and gain some more experience in bed. And so she does… and along the way she learns everything you'd expect her to in an oddball, indie comedy from Canada. Milioti is adorable, endearing, and truth be told pretty damn sexy as the shy tomboy who giggles whenever guys touch her, and the movie features more than a few laugh out loud scenes of highly inappropriate self discovery.
The FSR Fall 2010 Watch List Wrap Up
Television By Merrill Barr on September 25, 2010 | Comments (3)With premiere week over I've compiled a list of the week's top premieres from each night. The winner of each night is based upon the quality of the writing, the shows entertainment value and if it's a new series, the shows sustainability. This year had some extremely heavy hitters and some of the best performances we have seen on the small screen. So without further ado, here are the winners of the FSR Fall 2010 Watch List (please note that this list only applies to shows that started before or during the week of September 19th). Sunday: Boardwalk Empire In what should come as no surprise, Boardwalk Empire was top dog on Sunday. I'm not big into period pieces which is why I really never got into Mad Men, but Scorsese has made me fall in love with the 20's and Atlantic City. Steve Buscemi is a great lead and a guy I can't wait to watch every week. If only Scorsese could direct every episode and not just the pilot.
The FSR Fall 2010 Wednesday Night Watch List
Television By Merrill Barr on September 23, 2010 | Be the First To CommentWell, we've reached the middle of the week. Wednesday night has been home to many beloved series over the years. A night filled with shows that range from the hysterical to the dead serious, Wednesday is one of the best nights for television. This year is no exception. With more of the same coming down the pipeline from all networks. So put the kids to bed, break out that week old Outback Steakhouse left over, and refresh the DVR batteries because here comes Part IV of the FSR Fall 2010 Watch List.
Friday Night Lights: The Second Season DVD Review
Movie News By Danny Gallagher on May 7, 2008 | Comments (2)The first thing I noticed from watching the second series of this underrated NBC drama without having watched the first is that just about every major female character has great big knockers.
Doesn't it seem like you could farm the entire cast of the new Justice League movie from the cast of NBC's Friday Night Lights. It does to us…
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384 Critchley to Department of External Affairs
Cablegram K308 BATAVIA, [7 May 1949], 4.15 p.m.
The Netherlands Government is prepared to accept draft statements set out in K.306 [1] subject to an understanding on the use of Maguwo airfield. In final drafting there may be one or two minor changes of wording and the order of paragraphs three and four of Netherlands statements may be reversed.
2. Agreement on Maguwo airfield will probably be obtained by an unpublished exchange of letters incorporating the following understanding:
'It is agreed that with the return of the Republican Government to Djokjakarta and with restoration of Residency of Djokjakarta to the Republic[an] administration, the airfield of Maguwo will be operated strictly and solely as a civil airport. It is agreed that there shall be no traffic in arms or ammunition in or through this airport or any illegal flights. It is agreed that airport of Maguwo shall not be used by military aircraft of either party except in case such aircraft is in distress. Finally it is agreed that operation of Maguwo will be subject to observation by military observers of U.N.C.I.'
3. Unless there is an unexpected hitch the statements of the parties will be formalised at a meeting under the auspices of U.N.C.I. at five p.m. Saturday May 7th. Cochran as chairman will confirm statements as follows:
'Will two [chairmen] [2] kindly confirm my understanding that the statement which they have just made were agreed upon in consultation, that each finds himself in accord with the position set forth by the other and that statements are hereby formally confirmed and accepted.'
4. At this afternoon's meeting it is also intended to set up a joint committee, to make necessary investigations and preparations for the preliminary return of Republican Government at Djokjakarta. Civilian deputies and senior military advisers of three representatives on the Commission will work on joint committee with delegations of parties. Chairmanship will rotate amongst civilian deputies. Cutts and Prior will represent Australia.
5. The parties will continue to meet under the auspices of the Commission in Batavia to discuss other matters on the agenda.
These will mainly concern details for an effective cessation of hostilities and details regarding round table conference at The Hague.


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Riding with square wheels: governing in PNG
Author: Sean Jacobs, Canberra
Sir Paul Hasluck, the Australian Minister for Territories from 1951 to 1963, once described PNG as 'a task for Sisyphus'.
No matter how much he pushed the boulder to the top of the hill, Hasluck lamented, it could never quite stay at the top. 'I think I did just as well as Sisyphus did', he wrote in A Time for Building, 'and certainly got just as tired'. Read more…


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Reviewed Baked Beans With Swiss Chard
Jul 23, 2011 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"I tried this recipe and was pleasantly surprised how good it was...so good that I am bookmarking this recipe and I am fixing it again tonight. Going to try it with rice on the side.""


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GIMC & Country Music Videos
Join GIMC at Vanderbilt for an analysis of religion in country music
GIMC & Country Music Videos
Join GIMC at Vanderbilt for an analysis of religion in country music
Streaming Video of the Presentation Professors James Hudnut-Beumler and James Byrd, who specialize in American religious history in the Divinity School, analyze country music videos with special attention to theological content in lyrics and religious imagery in video conception. The event concentrates on eight mainstream country music videos, most of which were released in the last five years.
While locals know that Nashville offers much more than country music, many Americans recognize Nashville primarily as the center of the country music industry, the home of the Grand Ole Opry, none other than "Music City USA." Obviously, therefore, no exploration of God in Music City would be complete without recognizing country music as a powerful communicator of religious themes in popular culture. And since popular culture is more visually oriented and technologically enhanced than ever, the music video is vital to the marketing and the overall experience of country music. Through music videos, artists and video directors can change the meaning of a song, adding extra layers of interpretation, or they can interpret a song literally. Either way, the expression of music through video communicates theologically in a way that a song alone cannot. This event will appeal to students, faculty, and a full variety of people in the music industry who are interested in an insightful study of visual religion in popular culture.
James Byrd's research interests center on theology and biblical interpretation in American history, religion and war, and the history of Baptists in America. His course offerings include: Religion and War in American History History and Polity in the Baptist Tradition Theology in America, 1630-1865 The Puritan Movement in New England The Theology of Jonathan Edwards.
a minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in March 1987,
Hudnut-Beumler was program associate of the Religion Division of the
Lilly Endowment, Inc., from 1991 to 1993. He studied at Princeton
University from 1984 to 1989, receiving both his master of arts and
Ph.D. from the institution. From 1988 to 1991, he served as
administrative director of the undergraduate program and lecturer in
Public and International Affairs at The Woodrow Wilson School of
Princeton. Earlier he spent a year as a lecturer in Princeton's
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Moti Ferder of Lugano Diamonds, Mary Cramer and Center President Terry Dwyer
The Center Room was the ideal setting in which Center President Terry Dwyer could recognize Lugano Diamonds of Newport Beach as a corporate sponsor of the Center's private hospitality rooms throughout the Center's 25th Anniversary year. The Center Room in Segerstrom Hall and the Donor Lounge in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall are available to lead donors prior to performances and during intermissions and are used for special events and receptions. In addition to their recent gift to the Center to become this year's donor rooms lead sponsor, Lugano Diamonds has been a supporter of Center events in the past, as sponsors of several Candlelight Concerts and The Guilds of the Center's annual fashion show.
In the intimate reception just prior to the September 6 opening of West Side Story, Dwyer said, "The Center is very grateful for this generous sponsorship by Moti and Idit Ferder of Lugano Diamonds. Their gift will help maintain the quality and reach of the Center's artistic and education programs. They have become wonderful members of the Center's family. Every event to which they add the Lugano Diamonds touch becomes a special occasion. Their generosity is exceptional, and we are grateful for their additional gift this year during our 25th Anniversary Season."
"Lugano Diamonds is honored to celebrate this incredible milestone with the Center," said Moti Ferder, president of Lugano Diamonds . "Our jewelry creations are unique and special, just like the Center's productions, so we are truly looking forward to playing a leading role in offering its members an entirely new and luxurious experience."
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Last winter, after seventeen years working for Carrick Design, I opened my own course design business. While searching for new projects, I've also had the chance to spend some time reviewing what I've learned about what makes a golf course great. In considering some of the principles of design that I plan to concentrate on, I often return to a handful of courses—some classic, some modern—that have most influenced my thinking. Along with the Old Course at St. Andrews (the wellspring of architectural inspiration), these courses illustrate the wonderful diversity of elements that can be drawn upon—from subtle intricacies to aggressive features that strike fear in the hearts of golfers. No course can contain all of these qualities, and it takes a skillful architect to know when to employ them, but I believe these courses are some of the very best for any student of the game to play, enjoy and examine closely.
The "Great Hole" Concept
Southampton, NY; C. B. Macdonald (1911); private
C. B. Macdonald studied the classic holes of Great Britain extensively before creating his own adaptations of them at the National Golf Links of America. The lesson is that we must first understand how great holes work before we begin to design our own. "In reality," he once said, "there are only four or five good holes in golf. The local scenery supplies the variety." His adaptations are considered some of the finest holes in the world—even North Berwick's old-time head pro, Ben Sayers, called the Redan at the National superior to his course's original. Named for a Crimean War fortress that repelled multiple British attacks, the term now describes a green (traditionally on a par three) that is highest in the front right and falls away on a diagonal to the back left. The Redan demands the ball either be played short and bounced onto the surface or struck with absolute precision to hold the green. The front bunker remains the key hazard, since play must go over or around it. Macdonald found a natural site to match North Berwick's, but instead of being blind this hole is clearly visible from the tee. The architect then set about increasing the depth of both the front and back bunkers, making the hole all the more perilous.
Study the Site
Baiting Hollow, NY; Coore & Crenshaw (2002); private
Bill Coore recently explained how nature offers infinite design possibilities to architects. "We can't produce the randomness, the amazing variety of contours, or the way that vegetation inhabits a landscape," he said. "But we can study nature and follow its lead." At Friar's Head, Coore and Ben Crenshaw left all the ripples and rumples in the fairways to add challenging stances and lies for approach shots. Around the greens they kept those humps, bumps and hollows and cut the grass short to require players to use their imaginations to solve the complicated path to the hole. Even the greens they created mimic the site's knolls and knuckles to confound both approach shots and putts. Their work is proof that time spent studying the site searching for the best natural holes is more valuable than time spent at a drafting table.


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Mosasaur Teeth for Sale
Mosasaurs were king of the oceans. They were some of the most incredible creatures to ever roam the deep. At Fossil Shack, we have a very impressive collection collection of Mosasaur teeth, as well as other bones and skulls for sale anywhere.
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NEW HUGE Fully-Rooted Prognathodon Mosasaur Tooth
HUGE Fully-Rooted Prognathodon Mosasaur Tooth
This is a monstrous tooth from the largest of all mosasaurs, Prognathodon. This tiith is is great shap and has had no restoration. The back side of the tooth has some damage but it does not take away from the overall impressiveness of the tooth. It is one of the largest on the market today. SOLD $109.99


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Presto 6-Quart Kitchen Kettle Multi-Cooker/Steamer - Black
When it comes to cooking, the Presto 6-Quart Kitchen Kettle Multi-Cooker/Steamer (06006OB) does it all. It steams, stews, roasts, boils, and deep fries, allowing you to make delicious soups, hearty casseroles, freshly steamed veggies and rice, perfectly cooked pasta, slow-roasted meats and stews or even your deep fried favorites. Plus, with a non-stick coating inside and out, you can rest assured knowing that cleaning the pot will never be a major task.
A versatile all-metal basket is included with the Presto 6-Quart Kitchen Kettle Multi-Cooker/Steamer, and it even snaps onto the rim of the multi-cooker to make draining a whole lot easier. When it comes time for cleanup, just throw everything (except the heat control) into the dishwasher and walk away.
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This is your once in a lifetime opportunity to spend a day at fighter pilot training school as you learn real air combat moves used by the military. Discover the inside track from some of America's finest former fighter pilots before taking the controls of a serious war machine where you'll carry out up to six combat maneuvers. Dive, roll and loop before putting your new skills to the test in a dogfight that's as close to an actual air combat scenario as it gets.
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Above are the new pads of the Chicago Wolves goaltender (and potentially Canucks back-up, if that Luongo guy ever gets dealt), which are the latest "Brian's"-made pillows to stand out from the crowd in the field of awesome. United, they make the Wolves logo…which you may have noticed.
Brian's is carving out a nice little niche for itself. It was about two years ago when I was at the "Gear Expo" at the Minnesota State High School Hockey tournament when I came across the now-famous Heineken ones below:
…which are incredible. If I were a beer-league tendy I'd re-mortgage my house to get those.
Since then, we've seen Chris Mason reveal his fantastic Jets pads:
And while digging around today for more, I came across these beauties from the KHL:
Their website features all their best custom works, which you can check out here.
Cause if you want a set like these:
Or these:
You're gonna need to go through Brian's to get 'em done right.
(Stick-tap to Reddit Hockey's "Elbretto" for the Lack pads)


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As one of the premier tourist destinations in Thailand, Mae Hong Son has innumerable attractions, ensuring that visitors with any interest will find something to keep them entertained on their Mae Hong Son holiday. The following are some of the most popular attractions in Mae Hong Son:
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Mai multe detaliiAmphoe Pai is small district in the north east of the province of Mae Hongson, Thailand. Pai is very famous for Thai and foreign visitors. There are many important rivers flowing through the district.
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text: Last week, James Blake's "Voyeur (Dub)" got a premiere by Benji B on his BBC Radio 1 show. Last night, Benji dropped the b-side to the 1-800-DINOSAUR release, a tune entitled "And Holy Ghost." It feels like cold morning music; barren streets, only a few warriors of the night straggling about, trying to make sense of a madcap evening. Washed in intriguing ambient bliss, this is a true electronic music fan's wetdream.


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"Up until I was like, 18, I looked like a Vietnamese girl. I remember, it took me a while to learn that you could actually talk to girls. I remember during elementary school, I used to accidentally fall on them during volleyball practice. And just a few years later, that's illegal. That's straight up inappropriate."
—Ryan Reynolds appeared on "Conan" last week to hype "The Green Lantern" and shared that as a teenager, he was seriously awkward and in no way attractive to the ladyfolk. Sorry, but we're not buying it, Ryan. We saw you on MTV's "Fifteen" and know you were still adorable back in the day. [Huffington Post]
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Pizzas 4 Patriots is teaming up with DHL Express to deliver pizza to troops serving abroad for Super Bowl Sunday.
Louisville, Kentucky-based Papa John's Pizza is offering free pizza in celebration of Super Bowl Sunday.
Marco's Pizza announced the company received the No. 95 spot on Entrepreneur magazine's annual Franchise 500 list, a ranking of franchises across the country.
Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom, a traditional casual dining restaurant, is partnering with Left Hand Brewing Company and Allegro Coffee Company on February 4 as part of its Explorer Series, a program bringing various flavors of beer to its guests.
The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation released its third installment of Project Taste Test – Servin' Up Successful Careers video in partnership with PepsiCo.
Fishbowl's Guest Analytics solution analyzes POS, loyalty, email, social, online ordering, reservations and guest satisfaction data.
Research and Markets announced the addition of the "State of the Industry: Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Pizza in the U.S. (8th Edition)" report to its research collection.
Santa Barbara, California-based Persona Wood Fired Pizzeria is setting up shop in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Hungry Howie's Pizza and Revention have partnered to create a custom digital online ordering platform.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based Pizza Pizza is gearing up to tackle Super Bowl orders using the results of a survey the company conducted on the eating habits of Canadians during the game.
Pizza 73, a Western Canada pizzeria, has launched Jalapeno Poppers across its 74 locations in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.
California Pizza Kitchen unveiled its love-sick deals for Valentine's Day, the Sweet Deal for Two and the "What We Do For Love" sweepstakes.
Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria, a Los Angeles-based pizzeria chosen to serve guests for the 2014 Oscar telecast, signed a deal with BinHendi Enterprises, Dubai, to develop the brand throughout the Middle East.
San Francisco-based SpoonRocket, an on-demand meal delivery startup, has announced that it now accepts Bitcoin as a form of payment.
The National Restaurant Association is predicting sales growth of $709.2 billion and a 3.2 rise in employment for the restaurant industry in 2015.
More than half of survey respondents said they wanted healthier food served at their Super Bowl party.
Domino's expects to deliver more than 11 million pizza slices and more than 3 million chicken wings nationwide on Super Bowl Sunday.
Kansas City, Missouri-based SPIN! Neapolitan Pizza is gearing up to develop franchises across the state of Kansas.
Pizza Hut, expecting to serve 2 million pizzas for Super Bowl, recruited head football coach Rex Ryan and quarterback Tony Romo for a new campaign challenging fans to embrace the company's new Flavor of Now menu.
Polystyrene foam is not recyclable, and can interfere with recycling and waste reduction efforts by contaminating other recyclables.
Papa John's franchisee leverages remote management technology to run the business from afar
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Composition isn't just how you choose to frame a shot. It's the process of arranging the things in your shot so that the viewer can more easily "read" your image. The idea of reading an image may sound strange (despite a picture being worth a thousand words), but just as some sentences are easier to understand than others, so are some images.
You won't find a single recipe or formula for good composition--and for every "rule" or guideline that you see, you'll encounter a great image that breaks that rule. Before you can start breaking the rules, however, it's a good idea to be proficient with them. Rather than give you a list of composition tricks (such as the rule of thirds and repetition) we'd like to encourage you to think about composition as the process of making your subject clearer, and your image less complicated. No matter what composition rules you follow, clarity of subject should always be your main goal.
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After surviving sectarian mob, Egyptian Christians expelled from village
The case sends a worrying signal that Egypt's new parliament is allowing a Mubarak-era system of local justice to trump the rule of law.
Kristen Chick/ The Christian Science Monitor
Sharbat, Egypt
Ten-year-old Romany sits in the same room where his family huddled together nearly three weeks ago, afraid for their lives, as a violent mob attacked their house.
His family had fled to this room on the top floor, where pictures of Jesus and Coptic saints hang on bare cement walls. His parents dragged heavy furniture to the door, barricading it as they heard people try to break in below. The mob was throwing rocks at the windows, and he heard gunfire, says Romany. They were cursing Christians.
"We kept praying that God would be with us," says the fourth-grader. "And He was."
As the mob set fire to the home of a Christian family across the street, Muslim neighbors saved Romany's family, hustling them out of their house by a back entrance, into a car, and out of the village, until it was safe enough to return.
The violence in Sharbat began as many sectarian conflicts in Egypt do – with rumors of an affair between a Christian man and a Muslim woman. It ended with eight Christian families forced to leave the village, their property and belongings left to be sold on their behalf by a local committee. The punishment for those who looted and burned Christian properties? None.
The decision was the outcome of a "reconciliation meeting," in which the fate of the accused is determined by locals rather than the law. The meetings have long been used in Egypt to handle sectarian conflicts, leaving victims little recourse. Hosni Mubarak may have been ousted a year ago, but methods haven't changed. Members of Egypt's new Islamist-dominated parliament sat in on some of the Sharbat meetings, effectively sanctioning the use of extrajudicial means.
Ishak Ibrahim, a researcher for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) who wrote a report on the incident, says that political parties must set a new precedent for dealing with sectarian tensions by applying the law in this case.
"If Islamic parties, and all parties, insisted on applying the law, and don't accept the results of these reconciliation meetings – if we do that, I think it may have a positive effect on sectarian incidents," he says. "Because one would know if he torched or destroyed houses or shops of Christians, he will go to court and be charged."
Refusing to stand up for justice for Christian victims in Sharbat, by contrast, could have dangerous implications for future religious strife in Egypt, which is home to the Middle East's largest Christian population.
'They were looking for a reason to attack Christians'
Sharbat is a small village near the western edge of the fertile Nile delta. Along potholed streets, hand-painted signs for the salafi Nour Party cover the cement shelters of bus stops, fences, shops, and the walls of homes.
Samir Rashad, Romany's father, says the recent violence in Sharbat was not the first case of tension between Christians and what he calls radical Muslims there. But it was the worst. It started with rumors that a local Christian man had photos or videos showing him in a sexual relationship with a local Muslim woman.


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Javascript Preprocessor with UglifyJS
Tuesday May 29, 2012
In a recent project, I was looking for a way to support Debug/Release builds with compile time branching. For compression/security reasons, I was trying to remove debug code from the final build. Since I am already using CoffeeScript on this project, I looked over the feature list to see anything like that is supported. To me, CoffeeScript seems like a natural fit for a preprocessor-type feature. Alas, a Google search for CoffeeScript preprocessor takes you to this year old feature request which remains open.
Enter UglifyJS.
UglifyJS includes a command line argument (and an API, if you're into that sort of thing) to define constant values at build time. And since UglifyJS supports a number of very cool advanced code-folding techniques, defining the right values ahead of time can accomplish exactly what I was looking for.
Time for a demo:
var a = prompt("Enter a fruit:"),
b = "banana";
if (DEBUG){
log.trace("a=" + a);
log.trace("b=" + b);
} else {
alert("a is " + a);
alert("b is " + b);
Running this trivial script through UglifyJS via:
UglifyJS --define DEBUG=false
will result in production-ready code similar to:
var a = prompt("Enter a fruit:"),
b = "banana";
alert("a is " + a);
alert("b is banana");
The UglifyJS README includes a more in-depth look at the possibilities that defines offers, and other features. If you are looking for a dead simple methodology to support dual-builds from a single codebase, this is it.


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Produced by Dr Luke, the Taylor Swift-assisted "Both Of Us" is one of the most-anticipated collaborations on B.o.B's second studio album "Strange Clouds", due out on May 8th via RCA Records. The song is cute, and very inspirational. Tay-Tay takes over the brief choruses, while Bobby Ray shows off his rapping skills on the verses. "Both Of Us" will undoubtedly be a surefire iTunes #1.
[Taylor Swift - Chorus]
I wish I was strong enough to lift not one but both us
Someday I will be strong enough to lift not one but both of us
Ever thought about losing it?
When your money is all gone and you lose your whip
You might lose your grip
When the landlord tell you that you're due for rent
And the grass so green on the other side
Make a nigga wanna run straight through the fence
Open up the fridge about 20 times
But still can't find no food in it
That's foolishness
And sometimes I wonder
Why we care so much about the way we look
And the way we talk, and the way we act
And the clothes we bought, how much that cost?
Does it even really matter?
Cuz if life is an uphill battle,
We all try to climb on the same old ladder
In the same boat with the same old paddle
Why so shallow, I'm just asking
What's the pattern to the madness?
Everybody in a #1 draft pick
Most of us aint Hollywood actors
But if it's all for one, and one for all
Then maybe one day we all can ball
Do it one time for the underdogs
Sincerely yours, from one of y'all
[Taylor Swift - Chorus]
I wish I was strong enough to lift not one but both us
Someday I will be strong enough to lift not one but both of us
I can feel your pain,
I can feel your struggle
You just want to live
But everything so low,
That you can drown in a puddle
That's why I gotta hold us up
Yeah hold us up
For all the times no one ever spoke for us
So every single time that they play this song
You can say that, "that's what Bobby Ray wrote for us"
When his tides get too high
And the sea up underneath get so deep
And you feel like you're just another person
Getting lost in the crowd
Way up high in the nosebleeds (Uh)
Because we've both been there
Yeah both of us
But we still stand tall
With our shoulders up
And even though we always against the odds
These are the things that have molded us
And if life hadn't chosen us
Sometimes I wonder
Where I would have wound up
Cuz if it was up to me
I would make a new blueprint
Then build it from the ground up
Hey, but if its all for one
And one for all
Then maybe one day
We all could ball
Do it one time for the underdogs
From Bobby Ray to all of y'all
[Taylor Swift - Chorus]
I wish I was strong enough to lift not one but both us
Someday I will be strong enough to lift not one but both of us
Songwriters: Malik, Ammar / Gottwald, Lukasz / Walter, Henry Russell / Simmons, Bobby Ray Jr / Hill, Stephen / Jones, Jamieson Xavier / Montgomery, Clarence.
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Longhorn to Require Monitor-Based DRM
Zonk posted more than 9 years ago | from the it's-everywhere-it's-everywhere dept.
1266Mr_Silver writes "Engadget has an interesting article regarding a new feature in Longhorn entitled PVP-OPM (Protected Video Path - Output Protection Management) which detects the capabilities of the display devices you are using and manages how (and if at all) content is sent to it. In short, this means that if Longhorn detects that your monitor is not "secure" enough, then your premium video content won't play on it until you buy one that is. Who gets to decide? The content providers of course." From the article: "So what will happen when you try to play premium content on your incompatible monitor? If you're "lucky", the content will go through a resolution constrictor. The purpose of this constrictor is to down-sample high-resolution content to below a certain number of pixels. The newly down-sampled content is then blown back up to match the resolution of your monitor. This is much like when you shrink a JPEG and then zoom into it. Much of the clarity is lost. The result is a picture far fuzzier than it need be."


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Chaparral and Robalo hand out employee scholarships
Posted onChaparral and Robalo Boats awarded more than $50,000 in college scholarships to five graduating seniors within the Chaparral and Robalo family.
"We are proud to assist our employees by helping their sons and daughters pursue an advanced education," Chaparral and Robalo president Jim Lane said in a statement. "We feel that continued education is important and we are excited to support their endeavors towards a career."
During the last 18 years Chaparral and Robalo have awarded more than $350,000 in scholarships.
"Our employees are some of the hardest-working people in the marine industry and we are proud to help their families each year with our scholarship program," company founder Buck Pegg said.
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Chicago web and app developers have leveraged Chicago open data to build apps that help people better navigate Chicago this winter. Twoinch.es informs and alerts drivers of winter parking bans. WasMyCarTowed.com uses the City's towed and relocated vehicle data to reconnect owners with their wheels. (These were not developed by the City and the City makes no representations as to the accuracy of the information provided by the apps.)
2inch.es - Chicago Winter Parking |
Was My Car Towed or Relocated? |
See what streets have 2" snow route and overnight parking restrictions. | Can't find your car? This app will help if it has been towed or relocated. |
Additional apps from the Apps for Metro Chicago competition.
SpotHero | FasPark | Taxi Share Chicago |
Reserve a parking spot in Chicago or lease out your own. | Find street parking in real-time. | Share a cab anywhere in Chicago. (Android-only) |
ChiTxt | iFinditChicago | Techno Finder |
Access City Services through SMS | Info on food, shelter, and medical care in your area. | Find public Wi-fi networks anywhere in Chicago |
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0 for Linux File Server
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Quark Expeditions
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With two polar-class icebreaker ships—one nuclear powered, and both equipped with helicopters and Zodiacs—Quark is the go-to outfit for getting to the remotest ice-bound spots. In 2012, Quark launched hot-air balloons on select North Pole trips.T+L Trip pick Antarctic Express. Fly over the Drake Passage, on the southern tip of South America, then board the 61-cabin Clipper Adventurer to spot glaciers, penguins, and whales (polar camping is optional).
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"Building Bionic Dogs" with Drs. Denis Marcellin-Little and Ola Harrison
"Growing Hearts and Bones in a Dish" with Drs. Ke Chang, Elizabeth Loboa, and Jorge Piedrahita
"Yard Monsters: Invisible Parasites" with Drs. Sid Thakur and Ricardo Maggi
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Oft passed but seldom savored, a nugget of golden solitude and safety sits at the city's heart – the Matthew Shepard Human Rights Triangle.
At the place where Crescent Heights and Santa Monica Boulevards cross reposes a small pocket park, only noticed when noticed at all, for its tall flag pole with the Stars and Stripes aflutter. On the day of this writing that flag flies at half mast to commemorate the passing of an important person.
Recalling the deaths of the gay men and women who, like the Matthew Shepard for whom this pocket park is named, lost their lives because they sought only to be true to themselves, I decided that the flag ought to be flown permanently at half mast; but of course that can't be done. Ever creative, however, the city found a way to honor those countless anonymous humans who struggled, hurt and died during the struggle for human rights by dedicating this pair of triangle pocket parks to the idea of tolerance for all. Fittingly, it built this pair of parks with its monuments to the icons of the struggle in the very literal and figurative heart of the city.
One must search out the most poignant among the monuments to the human rights struggle, but the search is well worth it. On SMB east of the corner under the shade of the tremendous tree and partially setback among bushes, stands a brushed metal inverted trianglular sculpture commemorating the AB 101 hunger strike that took place on the spot in 1991.
I recall the uprising that Gov. Wilson's veto of a promised employment rights bill spawned. We queers and allies took to the streets and marched every night and day for two entire weeks. We protested where and when we would, even busting up the Governor's party at the nearby LA County Art Museum.
Yes, this place, where West Hollywood men put there lives on the line for what was right, this place seems a good place for a Human Rights monument.
The shaded plot is expansive, with several seating areas amidst the greenery and the grass. A large semi-circular cement walk graciously invites a person to stroll toward the coolness of the shade on an afternoon, an invitation welcomed by the many communters and shoppers awaiting their Santa Monica Boulevard Metro bus connection.
A now-dead friend of mine, Morris Kight, (he often insisted on not being called "deceased, or passed. I'll be dead.") used to say that the finest thing a municipality can do for its citizens is provide them the occasional shaded seat. "No better way to care for your fellow than to see that he has a place to sit in the shade to rest his weary feet," he'd say. Today I sit on a bench in the sun (there's a fall nip in the air) next to a Chinese Magnolia tree. This tree, a flowering beauty that drinks water like sand, is Triangle monument number two, and planted to honor Mr. Kight. Morris, as organizer of the original Christopher Street West parade and a co-founder of the LA Gay & Lesbian Center, is held in high regard by many in West Hollywood, so much so that his tree was planted during his lifetime at the traditional beginning of the CSW parade.
The brass plaque begins "…Venerable Morris Kight, In Recognition of your Tireless and Peaceful Efforts to Liberate [GLBT] People…"
My first exposure to this plot of land was through Morris, long before this tree was planted or the plaque cemented. We would come here after stopping at Aida's Flowers and refresh the vases left at the base of the AB 101 monument. I'd sweep and wash and water and pick up spent petals.
The tree was planted in 2002, and Morris saw it go in the ground. He dearly wanted to see the plaque in person, but took very ill before it was delivered by the metalworks. Its installation found him abed at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, on what turned out to be one of his final days. I was able to take a photograph of the plaque to him in his room so that he would see that. I left him that day as he slept; he was holding it against his chest. He died a couple days later.
Over on my right stands a young and vital California Live Oak, the California State Tree and one protected in perpetuity from cutting. Monument number three, yes, and this to women's rights activist Ivy Bottini. Ivy still lives, just like her oak, and may just outlive the oak (life-span up to six-hundred years) if she keeps up as she's going (see WeHoNews.com's interview with Ms. Bottini about her 80th birthday here ).
Her brass plaque reads, in part, "honors your pioneering spirit, commitment and devotion to [human] rights…you are a role model [for all women].
An amble across the street west finds me at another bronze plaque commemorating the fallen from AIDS. Here begins the West Hollywood Memorial Walk. These bronze memorial plaques line the sidewalks at the bases of trees from Fairfax all the way to the Beverly Hills border at Doheny. They and the trees serve to remind me of the struggle against HIV still playing out and West Hollywood's commitment to improving the quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as any other chronic ailment.
In darker moments I recall the tales of men dying from AIDS on this very stretch of boulevard, albeit before cityhood. I wonder to myself how many of the thousands who drive this Route 66 every day to work, or to school, or to shop ever walk past these trees slowly enough or closely enough to read the names and consider the lives led and lost.
The sun sinks earlier these days and deadline approaches, so I scurry across the boulevard but once across stop and turn back to watch the sun die. The flag in the heart of the city flies firelit by the gold of the setting sun.
I turn for the home office, proud to say that I live in the heart of West Hollywood.