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(Read article summary)Somalia is set to get 100 EU forces to help train the fledgling UN-backed government counter insurgents. On Tuesday, Islamist militants stoned a woman to death for adultery.
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As rampant piracy continues to plague the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia, and Islamic insurgents foment violence and instability inside the country, the European Union is hoping to bolster the failed state by providing it with military training.
The mission still needs approval, but as early as the first half of 2010, the EU could send 100 troops to Uganda to train some 2,000 Somali forces that are part of the weak UN-backed government in Somalia. The effort would raise the number of adequately trained troops in the lawless state to up to 6,000 and possibly enable it to better combat the pirates and insurgents that have hindered Somalia's growth for decades.
Spain is likely to lead the training mission, with France, Britain, Slovenia, Hungary, and Greece also sending troops, reports Reuters.
The mission is particularly significant for Spain, which just Tuesday saw the release of the Spanish ship the Alakrana, which was released along with its crew after a $3.5 million ransom was paid to Somali pirates, reports Al Jazeera.


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29 December 2014 10:15 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
It seems every year I have this debate with myself whether or not to do a "worst of" list. Aren't the worst films of any year best forgotten, ignored, never to be mentioned againc Well, yes and no. Let's definitely forget them, but not forget the lessons they've taught us, lessons in what not to do, lessons of which 2014 was full of. Now before you go digging into this list, clicking the reviews and wondering how something that received a "D+" review could make the list over something that received a "D-", just understand grading movies isn't a science and, for me, what makes something the "worst" is very similar to what makes something the "best", it's the legacy the film holds in my mind. The films that made my "Top Ten Movies of 2014" are films I not only love, but films I hold fond memories for and would most »
- Brad Brevet
15 December 2014 9:50 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I did it! I finally presented an installment of my "Guess the Movies" puzzles where one of the movies was never guessed. To be honest, I don't really intend for you to never guess all the movies, but to create a puzzle where only one doesn't get guessed, I think, is a pretty good day as it means I created a damn near perfect puzzle. In all honesty, I'm impressed people guessed #8, #12, #13 and #16, but it was #5 that stumped you all and I actually included it along with #21, which I thought might throw some of you off, but #5 is an image from Joon-ho Bong's 2009 film Mother, definitely not an easy one. That said, here are the answers to this latest graphic. If you want to browse the graphic before seeing the answers don't scroll below the image below or just click here to visit the post or on the picture »
- Brad Brevet
27 November 2014 5:41 PM, PST | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Hong Kong surveillance thriller Overheard is to get an English-language remake according to Chinese production company Bona Film Group, which will cooperate with Jeff Robinov's Studio 8 on the remake. The film is part of Studio 8's debut slate of releases. Robinov was Warner Bros.' chief when the studio remade Infernal Affairs as The Departed, while Bona's chief operating officer Jeffrey Chan, who confirmed the two companies were working on the project, was with Media Asia when the original Overheard was made. Written and directed by Alan Mak and Felix Chong, two of the three writers behind the international hit
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- Abid Rahman
26 November 2014 7:01 AM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Hong Kong – China's Bona Film Group has pacted with Jeff Robinov's new Studio 8 outfit to produce an English-language version of Chinese-language thriller "Overheard."
The film is among three titles understood to form part of Studio 8's debut slate.
Bona and Studio 8 have a common shareholder in Chinese conglomerate Fosun International, which is a founder investor in Studio 8 and is the second largest owner of publicly-traded Bona.
Robinov was head of Warner Brothers at the time the studio backed Martin Scorsese's "Departed," a remake of another Hong Kong thriller "Infernal Affairs."
"The strategic relationship is really important here," said Bona's COO Jeffrey Chan, who was at Media Asia at the time of "Departed," and who will be a producer on the "Overheard" remake. "And so too are the past relationships between the film-makers and Jeff Robinov, and the creative package."
"Overheard," which starts »
- Patrick Frater
30 October 2014 6:44 AM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
At the beginning of October, Hong Kong actor and international star Chow Yun-fat became one of the few high-profile local celebrities to speak out on the pro-democracy protests in his native country. Over the past week, a backlash has started to brew against Chow and others who have lent their support to the demonstrators. The stars, of whom Chow is arguably the most famous outside Asia, are the latest this year to take potentially risky positions on global political issues. This summer, Spanish and Korean filmmakers including Pedro Almodovar and Park Chan-wook, denounced Israel's involvement in the violence in Gaza, sparking ire from onlookers around the world, but no visible impact on their careers. In this case, the Hong Kong bold-faced names are speaking out about a situation that is right in their own backyard — and that backyard belongs to an increasingly disgruntled China where much of their money is made. »
- Nancy Tartaglione
28 October 2014 2:44 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
In every department, from casting to cinematography, "Gangster Pay Day" taps into the spirit of the 1980s and '90s golden age of Hong Kong crime movies, which started to wane around the same time Great Britain's lease on the territory expired. Toplining a terrific Anthony Wong as a weary mob boss who helps a spirited young woman stand up to nasty property developers, this Cantonese-language crime-comedy-romance ought to strike a winning chord with local auds at a time when strong feelings of identity and self-determination are in the air. Pic will also appeal to offshore auds that discovered Hong Kong cinema during its action-movie heyday. Following its world preem as the closing-night attraction at Busan, "Gangster Pay Day" opens in Hong Kong on Nov. 6.
With nary a gun in sight and only a few scenes involving fisticuffs, the pic is primarily concerned with how hard it's become for »
- Richard Kuipers
28 October 2014 1:13 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
A movie that only comes to life — and then just barely — in its moments of tooth-pulling, finger-slicing, gut-twisting violence, "Revenge of the Green Dragons" offers a flashy but unrewarding intro to the vicious Chinese-American youth gangs that ran amok in Queens in the 1980s and '90s. The latest and least in a series of baton passes between Martin Scorsese (credited as an exec producer) and the Hong Kong film industry (represented by co-directors Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo), this crudely made thriller plays like a stilted Cantonese riff on organized-crime cliches, substituting blood and brutality for novelty or insight. Scorsese's imprimatur could give the A24 release a commercial boost Stateside, but lackluster critical response will keep crossover biz at a trickle.
There's no underestimating the influence that Scorsese's movies have had on the ranks of Asian action cinema, a connection that was cemented when he made "The Departed, »
- Justin Chang
26 October 2014 10:05 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Based on actual crimes committed by the Chinatown gangs of late 1980s, Revenge of the Green Dragons is a gritty, real-life nightmare. I chatted with co-directors Andrew Lau (Infernal Affairs, Young and Dangerous) and Andrew Loo about partnering with executive producer Martin Scorsese and the challenges of bringing the Green Dragons back to the streets of New York City. The Lady Miz Diva: What brought this story to your attention? Andrew Loo: After we finished The Flock with Richard Gere, we decided at that point there was an opportunity to collaborate together on an English-language coproduction that Green Dragons helps define. We were approached a pair of producers in New York who optioned the article, Revenge of the Green Dragons, by Frederick Dannen. So they...
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24 October 2014 7:54 PM, PDT | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
From the producer Martin Scorsese, "Revenge of the Green Dragons" looks at the real Asian gang that terrorized the streets of New York City in the 1980s and early 1990s.
The story followed two immigrant brothers Sonny (Justin Chon) and Steven (Kevin Wu) who survived child poverty by joining the Chinatown gang "The Green Dragons." The brothers climbed through the ranks quickly, which drew the attention of the New York City Police Department. After an ill-fated love affair that pits Sonny against his own brother, he sets out for revenge on the very gang who made him on who is he.
Latino-Review had an exclusive telephone interview with Harry Shum Jr., who played the mysterious and merciless gang leader Paul Wong in the film. We talked about the Asian gangs, Paul Wong and switching gears in acting away from "Glee" TV shows and "Step Up" movies.
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- Gig Patta
23 October 2014 9:34 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
USA/China, 2014
Written by Andrew Loo and Michael Di Jiacomo
Directed by Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo
The problem with the new Revenge of the Green Dragons is that co-director Andrew Lau and executive producer Martin Scorsese are already joined at the hip over a previous story, which Lau made as Infernal Affairs before Scorsese re-made it as The Departed. Although Revenge of the Green Dragons is an entirely different type of story than those two films, it will inevitably be compared to them, as well as every other classic that the two men have made, and it suffers badly from the comparison.
Of all the films in Lau's and Scorsese's catalogs, this most closely resembles Goodfellas, right down to the omnipresent voiceover narration by the lead character. Sonny (Justin Chon of the Twilight series) immigrates to America as a small child, and »
- Mark Young
23 October 2014 11:41 AM, PDT | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
While Revenge Of The Green Dragons is supposed to be a historically relevant glimpse into the Queens gang scene circa 1980, it feels very much like a cartoonish riff off of Walter Hill's The Warriors. The Scorsese-produced film comes with a certain pedigree since Wai-keung Lau (Infernal Affairs) represents half of the directorial duo, joined by Andrew Loo, yet the clunky narrative scripted by Loo and Michael Di Jiacomo fails to properly grasp the thematic gravity of illegal immigration. The Green Dragons are the baddest mamma jammas this side of Queens, yet their foolishly ambitious nature only paves a cinematic road towards random gang shootouts, weightless acting and a faulty focus on pulpy action over more emotionally jarring factors about immigrants chasing the American dream.
The story follows Sonny (Justin Chon) and Steven (Kevin Wu), two brothers who are inducted into a Chinese street gang at a very early age. »
- Matt Donato
21 October 2014 3:02 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
"There's a storm coming detective, and I don't know of any umbrellas that will keep this city dry," says the protagonist of "The Revenge Of The Green Dragons" at one point. It's spoken with a sincerity that had us scratching our heads in bewilderment, a statement that's not exactly directed at this ludicrous, over-the-top mess of a movie, but at Martin Scorsese, who will have his name forever attached to it. Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo team up for directing duties (Lau's "Infernal Affairs" gives you hope) with Scorsese executive producing. On paper, the film looked like it could be a boatload of extravagant, gun-toting fun. Little did we know that, in reality, reading "Martin Scorsese Presents" in the opening credits would be the closest this movie comes to being great. Sonny (Justin Chon) and Steven (Kevin Wu) are two Chinese-American brothers, who grew up in late-80s Queens, »
- Nikola Grozdanovic
20 October 2014 9:00 AM, PDT | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
Dragon Seed: Lau & Loo's Dissatisfying NYC Chinese Gang Saga
Martin Scorsese appears as executive producer on Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo's Revenge of the Green Dragons, which is no surprise considering he famously remade Lau's 2002 film Infernal Affairs as The Departed (2006). Featuring a gritty period portrait of gangland warfare in New Your City, it's clearly the sort of material that Scorsese seems to be attracted to, and thematically, one could even say there are influences of titles like Mean Streets (1973) or Goodfellas (1990) in the mix, with slight homages here and there. But the similiarites are only skin deep. This saga, which is actually based on fact, feels too zany and forthright, any realistic human elements crushed beneath its predilection for exaggerated, dramatic performances and hyperviolence.
In 1983 Flushing, a young boy, Sonny, crosses into the Us without parents. Snakehead Mama (Eugenia Yuan), head of a Chinese »
- Nicholas Bell
15 October 2014 3:00 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
You might know Justin Chon as the star of the raunchy comedy "21 & Over," but this fall, the actor gets serious in the bloody crime film "Revenge of the Green Dragons."
Set in 1989 New York, the action movie follows two immigrant brothers who join the ranks of a Chinatown gang to survive the impoverished city. Before long, the brothers draw the unwanted attention of New York's hard-boiled cops. "Revenge of the Green Dragons" also unites crime film veteran Martin Scorsese (Executive Producer) with Hong Kong-born director Andrew Lau. As you may remember, Scorsese famously adapted Lau's "Infernal Affairs" (2004) into the Oscar-winning "The Departed" (2006).
Chon recently revealed his five favorite gangster movies and TV shows to Moviefone. He had us at "Cool Hand Luke."
"Revenge of the Green Dragons" is available on DirecTV now and hits theaters October 24. »
- Moviefone Staff
14 October 2014 8:45 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
While he's best known for his role on the hit show "Glee," Harry Shum Jr. takes his talents to the big screen this fall in the crime film "Revenge of the Green Dragons."
Set in 1989 New York, the action movie follows two immigrant brothers who join the ranks of a Chinatown gang to survive the impoverished city. Before long, the brothers draw the unwanted attention of New York's hard-boiled cops. "Revenge of the Green Dragons" also unites crime film veteran Martin Scorsese (Executive Producer) with Hong Kong-born director Andrew Lau. As you may remember, Scorsese famously adapted Lau's "Infernal Affairs" (2004) into the Oscar-winning "The Departed" (2006).
Shum recently revealed his five favorite gangster movies. Did Scorsese make the cut? Check out his list below.
"Revenge of the Green Dragons" is available on DirecTV now and hits theaters October 24. »
- Moviefone Staff
26 September 2014 10:15 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Black Coal, Thin Ice, 2014.
Directed by Yi'nan Diao.
Starring Fan Liao, Lun Mei Gwei, Xuebing Wang, Jinchun Wang and Ailei Yu.
An ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murders begin again.
Winner of this year's coveted Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, Black Coal, Thin Ice comes upon a huge wave of both expectation and critical acclaim. Lauded with such positivity increases the pressure on the film to truly deliver, but despite its technical brilliance and flashes of greatness, Black Coal is ultimately a huge disappointment.
Beginning in 1999 in the Chinese suburbs, Black Coal follows Zhang Zhili (Silver Bear winner Fan Liao) a young police detective who is thrust into a case against a serial killer who is a fan of decapitating his victims and then dumping the parts into coalmines. »
- Scott Davis
22 September 2014 12:26 PM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
A team of dedicated Hong Kong fire-fighters battle an out-of-control blaze that threatens to plunge the city into catastrophic darkness! Yes, As Light Goes Out is blazing (ehem) onto Us Blu-ray and DVD. Written and directed by Derek Kwok (Journey to the West), the action-packed suspense disaster flick stars Nicholas Tse (Shaolin, The Stool Pigeon), Shawn Yue (The Guillotines, Infernal Affairs trilogy), Simon Yam (Ip Man, Election), Hu Jun (Firestorm, Let the Bullets Fly), William Chan (Triad), Bai Bing (The Viral Factor, Shaolin), Andy On (Special ID, White Vengeance) and a cameo by the legendary Jackie Chan (Rush Hour franchise). As The Light Goes Out goes; digital, DVD and Blu...Nov. 18, from Well Go USA Entertainment. Synopsis: It's Christmas Eve in Hong Kong, and while the residents prepare to celebrate, a dedicated band of brothers - the fire-fighters of Pillar Point Division (Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Andy On) – are dispatched to a warehouse fire. »
12 September 2014 7:00 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
"There's a storm coming detective, and I don't know of any umbrellas that will keep this city dry," says the protagonist of "The Revenge Of The Green Dragons" at one point. It's spoken with a sincerity that had us scratching our heads in bewilderment, a statement that's not exactly directed at this ludicrous, over-the-top mess of a movie, but at Martin Scorsese, who will have his name forever attached to it. Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo team up for directing duties (Lau's "Infernal Affairs" gives you hope) with Scorsese executive producing. On paper, the film looked like it could be a boatload of extravagant, gun-toting fun. Little did we know that, in reality, reading "Martin Scorsese Presents" in the opening credits would be the closest this movie comes to being great. Sonny (Justin Chon) and Steven (Kevin Wu) are two Chinese-American brothers, who grew up in late-80s Queens, »
- Nikola Grozdanovic
7 September 2014 5:34 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
More than any festival outside the Asian region, Toronto serves up the widest range of contemporary Asian cinema each year.
The festival can perhaps thank the city's multi-cultural makeup: Toronto has significant Indian and East Asian populations. And the festival can be grateful for its large scale, which allows it more room to cover the diversity of the world's most prolific filmmaking region than smaller events.
But credit also should go to Asian programmer Giovanna Fulvi and Tiff's chief selector Cameron Bailey, who makes several trips per year to the region and is personally responsible for the selection
of Indian films.
Bailey has been credited with popularizing the term "Hindie," short for "Hindi indie." It reflects the trend for internationally aware and financially savvy Indian filmmakers to break ranks with the country's traditional film financing sources (and some Bollywood stereotypes), and instead use co-productions and private »
- Patrick Frater
7 September 2014 12:00 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
"There's a storm coming, and I don't know of any umbrella that can keep the city dry." This is an actual quote from Revenge of the Green Dragons, an awful movie if I've ever seen one and a baffling one at that as Martin Scorsese has attached his name to the picture as an executive producer, presumably as a nod to co-writer and co-director Andy Lau going back to when Scorsese adapted Infernal Affairs into the Oscar winner The Departed. Fair enough, but Lau makes more than enough films and Scorsese didn't need to come within a mile of this one and tarnish his reputation. Then again, perhaps this 94-minute cut isn't the only cut of the film out there. The trailer certainly includes shots that aren't in the film and the characters are so poorly established there has to be more than what I saw. Of course, that won't »
- Brad Brevet
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Happy Valentine's Day to all of you out there.
It's a day to enjoy chocolate as far as I'm concerned and that can't be bad. I must say that I started with a piece of toast this morning with a slathering of Nutella on just to kick the day of on a celebratory note. I made this cookie a ways back, but love the photo so I decided to trot it out, but alas when I tried to open my recipe in my files, it keeps telling me it is either corrupt or isn't supported. Computers are so great when they work. Unfortunately, I can't find a hard copy of it any where in my miles of recipe files and scraps of scribbled stacks of recipes and ideas anywhere, so I'll just give you an Alice Medrich recipe that I based my recipe on. I had the great pleasure of taking a cooking class from her years ago down in Boulder, when I was still up in the high country of Colorado. She was a delightful teacher and it was great to not only sample all of her chocolate decadence, but to listen to her stories and see her in action. OK, yes these are not traditional Italian cookies, but they are very tasty. I used a cookie press to make the star on each of the cookies before popping them into the oven.
Mexican Chocolate Cookies
Recipe courtesy of Alice Medrich
- Prep Time: 1 hr 30 min
- Yield: 40 to 45 cookies
- Times: Prep1 hr 30 min
Inactive Prep--Cook--Total:1 hr 30 min
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon unsweetened Dutch Process cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons sweet butter, slightly softened
- 3 tablespoons stick margarine, I used all butter, which will make them crispier
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Generous pinch of ground black pepper (I was very generous with both peppers)
- Generous pinch of cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg white
Combine the flour, cocoa, soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Mix thoroughly with a whisk. Set aside. Combine the sugars in a small bowl and mix well with fingers pressing out any lumps. (Process in a food processor if lumps are stubborn).
In a medium mixing bowl, beat butter and margarine until creamy. Add sugar mixture, cinnamon, peppers, and vanilla. Beat on high speed for about one minute. Beat in egg white. Stop the mixer. Add the flour mixture. Beat on low speed just until incorporated. Gather the dough together with your hands and form it into a neat 9 to 10-inch log. Wrap in waxed paper. Fold or twist ends of paper without pinching or flatting the log. Chill at least 45 minutes, or until needed.
Place oven racks in the upper and lower third of the oven preheat to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
Use a sharp knife to slice rounds of chilled dough a scant 1/4-inch thick.
Place 1-inch apart on prepared baking sheets.
Bake 12 to 14 minutes. Rotate baking sheets from top to bottom and front to back about halfway through. Cookies will puff and crackle on top, and then begin to settle down slightly when done. Use a metal spatula to transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool. Allow cookies to cool completely before storing or stacking. Store in an airtight container up to two weeks, or freeze up to 2 months.
Here are a couple of pictures of us on Valentine's Day in years past.
We were awarded gold medals by our Dutch guests after returning from one of their many nights of attending the Speed Skating competition in Torino in 2006. They had friends competing and well you know how the whole of Holland is just mad about skating!
Valentine's Day, 2007
We took a lot of people by surprise when we went skiing on a powder day to Loveland ski area and got married along with 60 other couples, some who were renewing their vows, in what was a very cold and yet very emotional ceremony on top of Loveland Pass, Colorado. We celebrate 9 years together this May, but just got around to officially getting married 3 years ago.
Who knows what lies in store for future Valentine's days. I'm sure it will be fun. Today we're just taking it low key and happy to be healthy and together. Can't ask for much more.
Happy Valentines Day 2010!


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Curtis Bean on the Art of War -- and what it means to veterans
You can find art all over town -- not just on gallery walls. In this series, we'll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town.
Artist, philanthropist and Iraq veteran Curtis Bean, mastermind behind the Art of War project, was leading a group of snipers through the Middle East back when most of us were getting drunk, watching Saved by the Bell reruns in our college dorms. Today, that earnest Midwestern transplant -- you'll know him by his casual, down-home drawl -- has done "a complete 180," he says, and is finding a way to bring a little light to the kind of darkness only a veteran knows.
See also: Naomi Haverland on the strange things that inspire her
Bean came of age in small-town America -- specifically in Troy, Missouri -- where he spent his boyhood hunting and fishing and being outdoors. "I had a great childhood," Bean recalls. But that lulling local life developed in Bean a desire "to be a part of something larger than just my home town," he says. And while rural Missouri was a great place to be a kid, "it isn't an easy place to be an adult," Bean explains. That's because, for adults looking for careers, there's farming and construction ... and that's about it.
So Bean joined the Army at age seventeen and served two tours in Iraq over the course of five and a half years, living the sort of macabre scenes we watch on Homeland. After serving as a scout, Bean's unit was dissembled, and he tried out for an open spot on a sniper team. Of twenty (or so) applicants, six, including Bean, were selected then trained as Army snipers.
"I was 21 years old, leading my own sniper team, and I didn't realize until afterwards how much responsibility it was," says Bean, who turns 29 this month. "There's not a lot of responsibilities today, comparatively."
Today, Bean is a student at the University of Colorado at Denver, though he entertained other plans first, dabbling with personal training (not a good fit) and then completing fire school and EMT training with the goal of being a firefighter in Denver. But shortly after migrating west, Bean realized he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and received help at Denver's VA Medical Center, which offers a seven-week-long inpatient clinic for veterans.
"I went through the clinic for PTSD and realized being a firefighter probably wouldn't be the best thing for that," Bean recalls. "Everyone has their own little gifts." Turned out, one of Bean's little gifts is art.
The veteran had taken a few art classes in high school -- nothing serious. When he relocated to Denver a decade later, Bean searched for something unique to hang in his new digs. "I couldn't find anything in stores, so I went out and bought materials, stretched canvas and started painting," he says. That's when Bean realized he wanted to pursue art professionally.
So last January, Bean enrolled in college, where he is currently getting his BFA in fine arts. "Art school is like kindergarten," he says, and he means that in the best way. "I'm a totally different person than I was in the military," Bean explains. "I was very hard, and now I am more vulnerable and more open to different ideas and different things."
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Why it's not just about teaching kids to code
10 January 2012The Guardian have launched a Digital Literacy Campaign, led by an article entitled "Britain's computer science courses failing to give workers digital skills":
In higher education, although universities such as Bournemouth are praised by employers for working closely with industry, other universities and colleges have been criticised by businesses for running a significant number of "dead-end" courses in computer science, with poor prospects of employment for those enrolled.
And from my own anecdotal experience, that's correct. For one reason or another, I've been reviewing CVs and interviewing people at work for developer roles last couple of months, and some of them were awful. They tended to have degrees or other qualifications from mid- and lower-tier universities and colleges, but had trouble telling the difference between PHP and JavaScript code, or were unable to provide even stock answers to well-versed problems such as sorting.
(Feel free to call me out as a snob on this one; I read my Bachelor's in Computer Science at Cambridge, one of the few universities in this country where the majority of the course is spent not coding)
Anecdotal though my own experience, and many of the quotes in the article are, the Guardian's campaign is laudable and I back teaching kids code in schools. But there are two issues I have with the campaign – it's not just teaching, and not just code that needs to be taught (or learned).
Firstly, "digital literacy" is as broad a term as "literacy" or "numeracy", and there are a range of different issues at stake. Take this complaint in the above article:
Ian Wright, the chief engineer for vehicle dynamics with the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One team, said: "There's definitely a shortage of the right people. What we've found is that somebody spot on in terms of the maths can't do the software; if they're spot on in terms of the software, they can't do the maths.
Kim Blake, the events and education co-ordinator for Blitz Games Studios, said: "We do really struggle to recruit in some areas; the problem is often not the number of people applying, which can be quite high, but the quality of their work. We accept that it might take a while to find a really good Android programmer or motion graphics artist, as these are specialist roles which have emerged relatively recently – but this year it took us several months to recruit a front-end web developer. Surely those sorts of skills have been around for nearly a decade now?
In a highly critical report last month, school inspectors warned that too many information and communication technology (ICT) teachers had limited knowledge of key skills such as computer programming. In half of all secondary schools, the level many school leavers reach in ICT is so low they would not be able to go on to advanced study, Ofsted said.
Computer Science is not Programming, and Programming is not Web Development, and Web Development is not ICT. What we have is a whole spectrum of different demands and of different roles, all of which have technology in common but often little else; producing computer models for a Formula One team or CGI Studio is going to demand a PhD-level or near grasp of maths or physics, combined with knowledge of highly specialised programming. Developing a front-end for a website still demands a reasonable degree of intelligence, but also a wider knowledge of languages and coding, and a better appreciation of more subjective issues such as usability, browser standards (or the lack of them) and aesthetics. Meanwhile, being adept with ICT doesn't mean you have to be a genius or be an expert in code, but it needs to be more than how to make a PowerPoint presentation; how to use a computer properly and not just by rote, how to be confident in manipulating and understanding data, how to automate tedious tasks, how to creatively solve a problem.
Today technology is integrated to our lives to a quite frankly frightening degree. Should that mean everyone has to learn how to code? No. Should it mean everyone have an understanding of the basics, an appreciation of what computers can and can't do, and the ability to use that knowledge to solve problems by themselves? Yes. But making everyone code is not the answer, and to me the Guardian is taking a bit of a "if it looks like a nail" approach to the problem of digital illiteracy.
That said, from my experience of the graduate CVs I read, the teaching of coding, as a practice, does need to improve. University courses should be better assessed and monitored and the "sausage factories" closed. Teaching how to code should be integrated into related subjects such as maths and physics wherever possible (and it's worth noting many places do this well already). It shouldn't just be coding that is taught, but how to define a problem, to break it down, and solve it. If anything, that's more important – programming languages and technologies change all the time (e.g. how many Flash developers do you think will be about in five years' time?) but the problems usually remain the same.
Secondly, there's a spectrum of challenges, but there's also a spectrum of solutions. It's not just schools and universities that need to bear the burden. As I said, coding is a practice. There's only so much that can be taught; an incredible amount of my knowledge comes from experience. Practical projects and exercises in school or university are essential, but from my experience, none of that can beat having to do it for real. Whether it's for a living, or in your spare time (coding your own site, or taking part in an Open Source project), the moment your code is being used in the real world and real people are bitching about it or praising it, you get a better appreciation of what the task involves.
So it's not just universities and schools that need to improve their schooling if we want to produce better coders. Employers should take a more open-minded approach to training staff to code – those that are keen and capable – even if it's not part of their core competence. Technology providers should make it easier to code on their computers and operating systems out-of-the-box. Geeks need to be more open-minded and accommodating to interested beginners, and to build more approachable tools like Codecademy. Culturally, we need to be treat coding less like some dark art or the preserve of a select few.
On that last point, the Guardian is to be applauded for barrier-breaking, for making the topic a little less mysterious and for engaging with it in a way I've seen precious little of from any other media outlet. And the page on how to teach code is a great start – it should really be called how to learn code, because it's a collection of really useful resources. For what it's worth, I wrote a blog post nearly three years ago on things on things to get started on – though if I wrote it today I would probably drop the tip on regular expressions (what was I thinking?).
If I had one last thing to add, is that all of the Guardian's campaign, and the support from Government, is framed around coding for work. Which is important – we are in the economic doldrums and the UK cannot afford to fall behind other nations. But, at the same time, the first code a beginner writes is going to be crap, and not very useful. Even when they get to a moderately competent level, it won't be very useful beyond the unique task it was built for. Making really good code that is reusable and resilient is bloody hard work, and it would be off-putting to make the beginner judge themselves against that standard.
We need to talk a lot more about why we code as well as how we code. I don't code for coding's sake, or just because I can make a living out of it. I code because it's fun solving problems, it's fun making broken things work, it's fun creating new things. Take the fun out of it, making it merely a "transferrable skill" for economic advantage, will suck the joy out of it just like management-speak sucks the joy out of writing. It doesn't have to be like that. Emphasise on the fun, emphasise the joy of making the infernal machine do something you didn't think it was possible to do, encourage the "Isn't that cool?" or "Doesn't that make life easier?". Get the fun bit right first, and the useful bit will follow right after.
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Strikes me there should be some rhetoric overlap with arguments for Latin in schools – in that any particular application education is likely to be obsolete in relatively short order, but there's lots of benefit to be gained from people understanding the general principles and from the world-viewing opening de-mystification of the whole thing.
"though if I wrote it today I would probably drop the tip on regular expressions (what was I thinking?)"
Actually, I'd say they're still very important. There's plenty of times where I've got partway into coding some small, repetitive task, only to have it dawn on me that that part could be replaced by a fairly short, well-crafted regex.
Sure, they might be a little complex, but they're supported well in the vast majority of programming languages (at least those that are still in use), and they're the best solution in more cases than you might initially think.
(Plus, if you end up using one of the several POSIX-y systems as your primary OS, there are plenty of very useful utilities that make heavy use of regex (or very similar) syntax, such as grep and sed, to name just 2.)
Hey guys – thanks for the comments
@Psychedelic Squid – Yes, regular expressions are important, but perhaps a little daunting for the beginner, and it's very easy to get bogged down in a confusing mess. I'd put them as a "second-tier" thing to learn and understand, along with how to do some basic POSIX-y tasks from the command line. In its place I'd probably introduce some gentler data extraction tools like ScraperWiki that weren't around three years ago…
Whilst you are correct that digital literacy is a broad term and that there are a range of different issues at stake, there is a common root to the different problems you've identified and that is a lack of programming experience taught in schools.
Once young people realise the many different applications that a computer can be put to with a bit of coding (incl. all those mentioned in your post) and have the confidence to experiment themselves, they can develop their own skills, using the myriad resources available. (Many freely on the internet.) That knowledge is essential for all the myriad roles computer scientists might find themselves taking.
Many kids lack either the knowledge or confidence. They will forever be consigned either to being basic users of other people's applications, or try and learn this stuff later, and struggle to e.g. distinguish Javascript from PHP… This is only getting worse as companies like Apple draw a sharper and sharper distinction between consumers and programmers. (E.g. making OS X looking more and more like iOS.)
This makes digital literacy a lot like numeracy – with kids who don't leave school numerically literate forever disadvantaged. Just as with numeracy, schools have an essential role teaching the basics, and when it comes to computer sciences that does mean writing and running code.
@Chris, @Psychedelic Squid: Whenever I'm asked how to automate some data reformatting task, the answer is usually a very simple s/foo (.*) bar/$1/
or similar. Regular expressions are as complex as you make them, and they're very easy to learn incrementally. Even a very basic knowledge can be an extremely tool, and you can add extra features to your repertoire as and when you need them.
Teaching people to read any arbitrary regex is not going to go well though; of course there will always be regexes which are utterly cryptic (I still find this and I've been writing them for over a decade).
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IN BRIEF - Pescanova: starts payment to creditors
SPAIN Tuesday, January 27, 2015
According to the report Compliance with creditors, referred to the Commercial Court 1 of Pontevedra, Pescanova has already begun to pay its creditors. The sum paid amounts to 1,338,381 euros in interest to creditors who joined the proposal. The agreement removes 90% of capital payment and a period of payment of 10 years and semiannual payment and a recognition of interest (3%) of the claim.
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IN BRIEF - FDA: Korean Food Co. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Shrimp in Mak Kimchi
UNITED STATES Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Korean Food Co. in Irving, Texas is recalling Mak kimchi in 32oz and half gallon glass jars, because it may contain undeclared shellfish (shrimp). People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to shellfish (shrimp) run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.
Mak kimchi was distributed in retail stores in Plano, TX; Carrollton, TX; Dallas, TX; and Lawton, OK.
The Mak kimchi is sold in 32 ounce glass jars (UPC codes is 4205313810) and half gallon glass jars (UPC code is 4205313730) and was sold in Asian markets between December 1, 2014 - January 23, 2015.
No illnesses have been reported to date.
The recall was initiated after it was discovered during an inspection that the label was misprinted by the printing company and product containing shell fish (shrimp) was distributed in glass jars that did not reveal the presence of shellfish (shrimp).
Consumers who have purchased Mak kimchi in the 32oz and half gallon glass jars are urged to return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company at 1-214-770-8400, 24 hours, Monday through Sunday.
IN BRIEF - FDA Warning Letter to SDP Marketing and Distribution, Inc
FDA sent a letter to seafood processor SDP Marketing and Distribution in San Marcos, CA, following an inspection in early December 2014. According to the law, the company violated Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points regulations (HACCP) by not having complete food-safety plans for the production of its Dried Whole Shrimp and Dried Jumbo Shrimp products, the agency stated.
Specifically, the food-safety plans do not account for the hazard of undeclared sulfites. The labels say that the products contain added sulfites.
In addition, SDP's facilities do not maintain sanitation monitoring records for the safety of the water that comes into contact with food, materials and surfaces that touch food, according to the agency's letter.
Read FDA Letter here
IN BRIEF - Investment fund Fidelity International Limited sold participation in Pescanova
The investment fund Fidelity International Limited (FIL), resident in a tax haven (Bermuda) states zeroing of 1.010% participation in the social capital of the company.
That portion, equivalent to 346,500 voting rights (of a total of 28,737,718), was acquired by Fidelity on the day following the suspension of trading, with Pescanova already in bankruptcy, for 1.71 million. Its retail value may have been the same if the share price to consider whatever it was frozen at 5.9 euros. But that is unlikely, because the creditors that has allowed lifting the contest includes a capital (now postponed until at least June) will reduce the percentage share of the current shareholders to less than 5% within the refundada new Pescanova.
The investment fund did not want to explain why this strategy responds operation in the gray market, which have already been made more transactions. The most significant was signed by Carolina Masaveu minority, investment Pescanova until May 2014 raised its stake from 3,741 to 7,133% and became the second largest shareholder after the group's president, Manuel Fernández de Sousa.
Source: M. S. D. / La Voz de Galicia (basic translation from Spanish)
IN BRIEF - Sea food worth $2.47mn to EU in nine months
PAKISTAN Tuesday, January 27, 2015
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has exported sea food worth $2.47 million to European Union (EU) during January-September 2014 which represents an increase of $2.12 million over the same period in 2013.
The trade statistics for January-September 2014 indicate that EU had delisted all the companies exporting fish from Pakistan in 2007 which was primarily done on account of failure to meet EU's Sanitary and Phytosanitray (SPS) measures. As a result, there was no export of Sea Food to EU during 2007-2013 but due to efforts of government i.e. Ministry of Commerce and Marine Fisheries Department (MFD), EU lifted the ban in June 2013. Two exporting establishments are now being allowed to export to EU member states.
As per details, Ministry of Commerce is actively supporting Marine Fisheries Department which has been declared by EU as the `Competent Authority' from Pakistan to certify consignments before the exports. Marine Fisheries Department is endeavoring to upgrade five more companies to make them ready for export. Both MFD and Ministry of Commerce are cognizant that interceptions of consignments not meeting the EU standards can once again lead to a ban and it will then take years to have it lifted.
Source: dailytimes.com.pk
IN BRIEF - Vietnamese Seafood Exports Strong in 2014 but Difficult to Maintain in 2015
VIET NAM Tuesday, January 27, 2015
HCMC – Vietnamese seafood exports surged in 2014 with an export turnover of US$7.9 billion, the highest levels in three years. This exceeded the target of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) by US$920 million and was an 18.4 percent increase on 2013. The main seafood exports from Vietnam, by value of exports, are frozen shrimp, pangasius catfish, tuna and other fish, mollusks and crustaceans.
The production and processing of seafood in Vietnam is generally done by domestic companies. The fish are checked for quality and frozen for export at processing factories. To meet export standards, the factories must be certified that they are in compliance with Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) standards, which are provided by foreign companies and generally accepted as the standard requirements for exported goods.
The largest market for Vietnamese seafood continues to be the U.S., with American imports of Vietnamese seafood products valued at US$1.76 billion, a 17.9 percent increase on 2013. The US is followed by the EU, Japan, and Korea. At the end of 2014, orders to these key markets slowed down; however, an increase in exports to ASEAN nations and China made up the shortfall.
By far the largest single contributor to the growth of Vietnam's seafood exports has been shrimp, which saw a 28 percent (US$3.9 billion) increase over 2013. The majority of this increase came from the EU where Vietnamese shrimp sales grew 71.7 percent in 2014 according to VASEP. Sales of pangasius catfish, which is Vietnam's second biggest export increased by 0.6 percent to US$1.77 billion.
Source: Vietnam Briefing
IN BRIEF - WISSARD Scientists Discover 'Lost World' of Mysterious Fish
Antarctica is home to a "lost world" of fish and other marine life, discovered living nearly half a mile beneath the ice cover on the frozen continent.
Researchers used a hot water drill to bore through approximately 2,500 feet of ice. The goal of the drilling was to reach the grounding zone - where land, ice, and water all meet - for the first time ever.
The discovery of life far beneath the ice of Antarctica was made in the Whillans Ice Stream, a fast-moving river of ice, moving from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) to the Ross Sea. Drilling took place around 530 miles from the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
Water at these depths in the Antarctic is colder than ice - having an average temperature of just 28 degrees Fahrenheit. The thick ice cover also prevents light from reaching the marine environments, darkening the water. These conditions were thought to make the discovery of life there unlikely. Researchers were surprised to find jellyfish, crustaceans, and various species of fish living in the harsh environment.
Source: James Maynard/Tech Times - Read full article here
IN BRIEF - Jellyfish Company Files Suit Against Beaufort County
BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. - When jelly-fishers wanted to do business in Beaufort County, not all neighbors were supportive. Groups against the jelly-fishing are still speaking-out against an operation nearly a year later. The groups want to stop a company from unloading and rinsing cannonball jellyfish waste water into Jenkins Creek. However, that company is now suing Beaufort County over an ordinance that makes doing business harder.
The company began unloading and rinsing jellyfish and dumping the waste water into Jenkins Creek at Golden Dock. When some neighbors learned of the operation, toxicity tests were done on the waste in the creek; results showed the waste was toxic at certain solutions. Beaufort County passed an ordinance that requires the company to face further review before they operate.
Boats are docked at the site of the controversial jellyfish operation that was once unloading and rinsing jellyfish waster water at Golden Dock in St. Helena Island.
Source: Ashleigh Holland/counton2.com - Read full story here
IN BRIEF - Aquaculture Market Expected To Be Worth $202.96 Billion By 2020
WORLDWIDE Tuesday, January 27, 2015
San Francisco, California, Jan. 26, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global market for aquaculture is expected to reach USD 202.96 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Aquaculture includes farming of aquatic organisms such as mollusks, fish, crustaceans and other aquatic flora and fauna. Increasing consumer awareness of health benefits associated with seafood and growing consumption serves as a key driver for development of the market. In addition, the market demand is expected to be further fuelled by the lack of naturally available varieties owing to extensive fishing. Rice-fish culture is expected to serve as key growth opportunity for this market over the next six years.
Access complete research report on Global Aquaculture Market (external link)
IN BRIEF - Obama plans to block development in Arctic refuge
President Barack Obama said Sunday that he planned to ask Congress to declare much of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, including its 1.5-million-acre coastal plain, an area on Alaska's North Slope suspected to contain vast reserves of oil and gas.
The designation would forever prevent exploration and production on the coastal plain, but Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said the idea would be dead on arrival in the Republican-led Congress.
Without an act of Congress, the Sunday announcement will have little practical effect in the way that the coastal plain is managed -- there would still be no drilling, while subsistence hunting and fishing could occur as before. But the decision appears to send a signal about Obama's views toward development in the Arctic, and other upcoming decisions may have more immediate effects on development in the far north.
Source: Bill Roth / ADN - Red full story here


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I thought this would be neat to see the geographic demographics of all the defensive carry members and where they are.
Simply click the link, the first menu prompts you to enter a city and state. Click next.
Enter your user name and a photo if you choose then save.
Simple as that. Maybe we can get a regional meet together based on where people are.
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Sacha Baron-Cohen walked the Academy Awards red carpet as "The Dictator." And then this happened. I'm pretty over SBC, but I have to admit I enjoyed seeing Seacrest caught off guard.
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Sacha Baron-Cohen walked the Academy Awards red carpet as "The Dictator." And then this happened. I'm pretty over SBC, but I have to admit I enjoyed seeing Seacrest caught off guard.
It'll be about a year until we get to see Sacha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator," which is based on the romance novel written by Saddam Hussein. But today the Huffington Post brings us the first image of Sacha's newest alter ego. In this flick, Sacha plays a Saddam-esque dictator who travels to New York City when a lookalike goat herder assumes his rule. As the log line for the movie reads, it's the "heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed." What do you think—does Sacha look like he could rule a country with an iron fist here? I love that he's channeled Marge Simpson, both on his head and his chin. [Huffington Post] Keep reading »
Sacha Baron Cohen is all about controversy. I mean, it takes balls to kiss another man in a cage fighting ring and start a near riot of fans outside the wires. But Sacha's new project, "The Dictator," is a little different. The movie's source material is Zabibah and the King. Yes, the romance novel written by Saddam Hussein. The story is about a nice, sweet ruler who falls in love with a woman who is married to a horrifyingly abusive man. The book is an allegory—the ruler is, of course, Saddam and the abusive husband is the mean ol' US of A. Sacha will play the Sadaam role in this one. And three ladies have read for the part of the woman he loves—Anna Faris, Kristen Wiig and Gillian Jacobs of the majorly underrated show "Community." What do you think—will this movie be great or tacky? Not that those two are mutually exclusive. [Huffington Post] Keep reading »
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At SPCA Auckland we want to match every animal with the right owner. We advise everyone who adopts an animal from us to think very carefully about their circumstances and capabilities before taking on the responsibility of a pet.
Can you answer 'YES' to these six questions?
1. Can you care for a pet for its whole life?
The average lifespan of dogs and cats is around 12 years, with some dogs and cats living until 15 or even 20 years of age. While puppies and kittens are irresistibly adorable, you will need to be prepared to provide for an adult animal too and, in the case of some dog breeds, a much larger animal with considerable exercise requirements and a sizable appetite.
2. Can you afford a pet?
All the animals we have available for adoption have been vaccinated, microchipped, and desexed but you will need to think about ongoing costs like food, toys, bedding, worming, annual health checks, vet bills, and other costs for the life of the animal. The costs of pet ownership will vary depending on the type of animal you choose. The cost of caring for an average sized dog can be $20+ a week, and this does not include any emergency vet care they may need.
3. Do you know how to care for a pet?
As a pet owner it is your responsibility to know how to properly care for your animals. Our Animal Care section has lots of information about caring for different types of animals and we suggest that you do some research before deciding to adopt.
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Exercise, grooming, obedience, and play are important aspects of pet ownership. Some pets will demand more of your time than others. Puppies and kittens are a huge time investment – you will need to ensure that they settle into your house comfortably, are house trained, learn obedience, and are fed, walked, and taken to the vet when necessary. Adult animals are no less work. You will need to set aside time to exercise, groom, and play with your pet for its entire lifetime.
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Carefully consider the kind of accommodation you will be able to provide for your pet. Your home and garden size are significant factors in determining your suitability as a pet owner. If you live in a rented property think carefully before committing yourself to a pet. While some landlords allow pets, many do not. We see a lot of dogs brought in because the owners are unable to find a dog-friendly place to rent.
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Try our version of this spicy south-western favorite. Carbs: 54g | Fat: 10.2g | Fiber: 8.7g | Protein: 20.7g | Calories: 370.3
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Easy and flavorful traditional Italian Chicken Marsala Submitted by SDL3582 Carbs: 1g | Fat: 19.8g | Fiber: 0.2g | Protein: 29.5g | Calories: 316.3
I hope that you like this, because it was really yummy to my roommate and I. It looks like it has a lot of ingredients, but it is really easy to make. Feel free to sub shrimp for other seafood or poultry. Submitted by MIZZSOULSISTA Carbs: 5.5g | Fat: 5.3g | Fiber: 1.1g | Protein: 16.9g | Calories: 141.5
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This is a fast and easy recipe that tastes like a special occassion. The red wine can be replaced with 2 tablespoons of vinegar and water topped up make 1/2 cup. The Splenda may be replaced with brown or white sugar. Nutrition info is for Splenda, not sugar. Submitted by PRAIRIEDAWNPAM Carbs: 8g | Fat: 8.5g | Fiber: 1.2g | Protein: 28.3g | Calories: 236.1
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Great to bake or grill. Top with cheese if you like and plenty of veg! Submitted by ABRIESAC Carbs: 0.5g | Fat: 8.6g | Fiber: 0.1g | Protein: 22.8g | Calories: 172.4
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A nice simple recipe for two. I like it because it includes ingredients I usually have on hand and since it only makes two servings there is no leftovers to overindulge later! Submitted by TITANIA111 Carbs: 9.5g | Fat: 2.6g | Fiber: 0.6g | Protein: 20.4g | Calories: 137.3
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The original recipe says to do this over a grill, which I think would be fantastic. However, apartment living doesn't always allow that. I throw it in the oven for a while until the outsides have turned dark and the inside is a perfect medium. Submitted by BUBSY012 Carbs: 4.4g | Fat: 12.7g | Fiber: 0.3g | Protein: 35.1g | Calories: 277
I modified the following recipe to add some protein, using what I already had on hand. Chicken or taco meat or any other meat would be good, too. Submitted by SARA772779 Carbs: 6.9g | Fat: 9.3g | Fiber: 0.2g | Protein: 18.7g | Calories: 193.3
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From Disney comes two-time Oscar® winner Brad Bird's riveting, mystery adventure "Tomorrowland," starring Academy Award® winner George Clooney. Bound by a shared destiny, former boy-genius Frank (Clooney), jaded by disillusionment, and Casey (Britt Robertson), a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity, embark on a danger-filled … [Read more...]
The Warrior Sheep Down Under Giveaway!
The Warrior Sheep are back for a THIRD and final epic adventure. There is no challenge too small, no danger too great for this daring, and slightly mad, flock that School Library Journal's Practically Paradise calls "outrageously funny." Tuftella-the fairest ewe maiden of them all-is in danger! Locked away in a tall, tall tower surrounded by a moat full of … [Read more...]
Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth is one of the most sad movies you will see. However, it is very good and you should watch it. I had been warned prior that this movie is in Spanish. However, there are subtitles. When you first start watching, they are somewhat annoying. However, by the end of the movie, you don't even realize that you are reading. It all just flows together. … [Read more...]


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F you Metro Rail
Husband: Hey honey, let's pack up the family and go spend a week in our Nations Capitol!!! I hear the National Mall is a veritable waste basket riddled with homeless and if we are lucky we might see someone getting mugged next to the entrance of the Smithsonian Metro.
Wife: Wow honey that sounds great. We work long and hard all year to maintain our just above poverty status and a family trip to see where all of our moral value and sensible legislation derives from would just show the children that no matter how hard they work, they will never really get ahead. I say we go for it.
Son: Gee whiz mom, Billy and his family went to Washington, DC last summer and he said they saw rats eating what looked like toe nail clippings off the floor on the train! Uhhh, if I see a rat can I keep him? Can I, huh mom can I please?
Daughter: Ewww your gross little brother! Like if I see a rat on the train I am going to like tell a Metro employee and I am sure they will like go down the train and kill it. They would have to because it is like, a public safety issue or something.
Father: Now now children enough bickering, and Sally do not set your expectations so high. You see, Metro has carpet floors that have collected years of filth similar to sewer in New York City. When you factor in weather, people eating and the occasional toe nail clipper you are going to get rats. It is to be expected and Metro is capable enough to deal with a grave situation. Gosh, when I was there on business I had a pleasant ride on the train! And despite a lingering smell of rotten milk and the windows being smeared with grease from people who rest their heads on them it was a most enjoyable ride.
Mother: We could rent a car!
Father: Ha-ha do not be silly honey. I heard from old man Tucker at the General Store that people in the DC area cannot drive. If it is sunny, raining, dark, morning or if there is just the appropriate amount of oxygen in the air to sustain human life people in the area freak out and cause delays that span for miles.
Son: I sure am looking forward to my vacation to DC this year. Maybe with any luck I can find a shirt that says "FBI" on it so I can wear it all the time and people will think I am a cool secret agent.
Daughter: Like totally, I really hope I can find a pink shirt that says "I love DC." Like everyone will be so jealous of me and the concept of saying "I love" a certain city has NEVER been used before.
Wife: Well we are going to have a splendid time and let's make sure we walk side by side all the time so the locals get all pissed off because they cannot get to their office or their lunch meetings.
Father: It is a plan family… We are going to DC and it will be the best family vacation ever! Family hug…
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London's animals.
MS cows walking across field, city in background. MS horses. Various shots cows and farmer herding them. MS cooling tower, pan down to sheep. Various shots black sheep and a deer, a London bus drives past in background.
Various shots of the animals. MS woman putting out hay into trough for the sheep. MS children looking at the animals. MS pigeons flapping about. CU of pigeons being fed on someone's hand. MS birds flying across river.


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Reported sightings of the abominable snowman are yeti to be confirmed.
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Reported sightings of the abominable snowman are yeti to be confirmed.
Vinyl records are really groovy
Someone once accused me of stealing an old, rare, valuable stamp, and I philately denied it.
A new country decided to conduct a flag poll.
Hawaii vacationers are here today, gone to Maui.
I would like to go to Holland one day, wooden shoe?
This is the best guy I've met to date.
To save money for the company he cut all the electricity. They were soon in the black.
Stamp out excessive postage prices!
The frustrated cannibal threw up his hands.
A lingerie thief gave a police officer the slip
She was suspected of stealing a brooch but they couldn't pin it on her
A cowboy's steers were so funny they were known as the laughing stock.
The rude cow had is hide turned into beef jerky
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Me heart fluttered with excitement when I read the announcement that SHUFFLE! will returning to TV in the winter. Thought it was going to be an OVA. Apparently SHUFFLE! Memories is just a Director's Cut (whatever that means) repeat broadcast with new OP and ED.
Read Omni's invaluable season preview post that another Navel offering, Lovedol ~Lovely Idol!, will be coming to our screens but given that (1) the Soul Link anime didn't win many fans and (2) asread improved on the SHUFFLE! story when producing the anime, I'm adopting a sit and wait attitude to that.
In any case, Navel seems to be powering ahead with the SHUFFLE! franchise with yet another sequel game. Whereas Tick! Tack! was Nerine-centric, Really? Really! appears to be aimed at the boxcutter-wielding, Asa-lynching hoodies of the KKK.
From what I could gather (with my piss poor Japanese), the story occurs after Rin and Kaede have re-established their ties and Primula is living with them as a member of the family with the approval of the Demon and God Kings. They feel it is a good way to observe Primula's development of her emotional control as things seemed to have been going well under Rin and Kaede's care. However, along the way, an unexpected magical surge from Primula has scattered and disrupted Kaede's memories, mind and spirit, putting her very existence out of order. In order to fully awaken Kaede and restore her memories, Rin and friends travel to the Spirit world. There he and Kaede will confront their past.
Main character is definitely Kaede as she's the default on the character page. Other main characters are Primula, Asa, Mayumi, Nadesico-sensei and, of course, Rin Tsuchimi. A new character, Sakura Yae, has been added. Her character design looks out of the fifth Navel game, Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai (We Have No Wings – under the innocent sky aka Oretsuba) but there's apparently no connection. She's described as a childhood friend of Rin and Kaede (but is attending a different school) with a gentle personality. Always to listen to the problems of those around her, she has little regard for her own problems and is flustered by recent events. *dun dun dun*