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Our newest (and oldest) gondola, has not even been re-christened yet! This magnificent gondola, which is being extensively restored during the 2010-2011 off season, was constructed in Venice by Tramontin, the foremost gondola builder in the city, approximately 35 years ago. It was built as a wedding gondola, and brought to America over 30 years ago. It was previously used by an event coordinator for Italian-themed events, and as such was cut into three pieces to make it easier to get into and out of banquet facilities. It is adorned with hand-sculpted ornaments similar to our other gondolas, but its trim is steel, giving it silver accents. Additionally, its entire bow and stern were carved with mythological deities and sea creatures, and it also bears two plates with a Venetian expression: "Cocai in laguna, burasca in mar; dove no se crede, l'aqua rompe," (translation: safety in the lagoon, stormy in the sea; where one does not believe, the water breaks [him.]) Its first launch onto the water in over 30 years is projected for May, 2011!
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Open Review procedure. Congress should seriously consider legislation creating a procedure for third parties to challenge patents for a limited period after their issuance in an administrative proceeding before administrative patent judges of the USPTO. The speed, cost, and design details of this proceeding should make it an attractive alternative to litigation to determine patent validity and be fair to all parties.
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The college enjoys the wholehearted support of the public and the alumini in different parts of the world. Our Alumini Association has chapters in different parts of India, and in various foreign countries like the United States, Germany, Austria, Kuwait, Quatar, Doha and the UAE. The College is gearing itself up to meet the challenges of the future and this involves enormous investment of resources. The College management has envisioned a comprehensive plan for further development.
ST JOHN BERCHMANS the patron saint of our college, is regarded as a model of excellence and holiness for students. He was born in the town of Diest in Flanders on March 13, 1599. His father was a poor shoemaker. John Berchmans had to discontinue his studies. He was sent as a servant to the household of one of the cathedral canons, where he could also attend the classes at the archiepiscopal seminary. His aim was to become a Jesuit priest. In 1615 he enrolled in the Jesuit College at Malines. A year later he joined the novitiate. He was an enthusiastic student and an excellent actor and orator. He has been described as a young man of exemplary life, of pure conscience and of great perfection. John Berchmans could not complete his studies. He died of a contagious disease on August 13, 1621. He was beatified by Pius IX in 1865 and canonized by Leo XIII in 1888. His spiritual doctrine was that sanctity consists less in unusual dramatic actions than in the loving practice of fidelity to God in day to day living. This appreciation of the value of ordinary things is the distinctive mark of his sanctity.
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I dont have time to finish my full point-by-point reports or post my photos until after Wimbledon, so for now, heres a brief summary of each Magda match for which a full report is forthcoming:
1. First round: Melanie South
2. Second round: Mathilde Johansson
3. Third round: Kirsten Flipkens
4. Quarter-final: Madison Keys
5. Semi-final: Donna Vekić
Master-thread for my Birmingham 2013 reports & photos:
1. First round: Melanie South
(Monday 10th June 2013)
+ MAGDALÉNA RYBÁRIKOVÁ [16,EF] d. Melanie South [WC], 6-4 6-2
After a bit of a shaky start that saw her facing three break-points at 0:0 *0-1, Magda comfortably saw off the British wild card with a beautiful performance.
Magda is a joy to watch, because all her strokes look as smooth as silk, and she has such a unique flair:
She hit her groundstrokes sweetly and with pinpoint precision, as several of her shots clipped the lines with puffs of titanium pigment.
She played an all-court game, sometimes serving and volleying, or otherwise going to the net. She hit some delectable drop-volleys.
She hit a mixture of two-handed backhands and sliced backhands, even hitting a clean winner with the latter.
Magda also got a loud cheer from the crowd by retrieving a ball that had got stuck behind the board that displays the speed of the last serve.
2. Second round: Mathilde Johansson
(Wednesday 12th June 2013)
+ MAGDALENA RYBÁRIKOVÁ [16,EF] d. Mathilde Johansson, 7-5 6-7 (4/7) 6-4
I watched this match from its resumption from the rain-delay at 1:1 *3-2 (having chosen to watch Daniela Hantuchová and Sabine Lisickis Centre Court matches before the rain-delay, when I thought that it would be too difficult to get a seat on Court 4).
Magda almost choked against one of the biggest chokers on the WTA tour, as she failed to serve out the match at 1:0 *5-4, and again at 1:1 5-3*. She looked very worried coming out of the rain-delay, but it was Johansson who ended up frustrated: shouting in French and throwing her racket as Magda pegged her back from 1:1 *4-5 30/0 to close out the match in that game, inducing a series of errors with her depth and some sliced backhands.
3. Third round: Kirsten Flipkens
(Thursday 13th June 2013)
+ MAGDALÉNA RYBÁRIKOVÁ [16,EF] d. KIRSTEN FLIPKENS [1], 7-6 (7/5) 6-2
The top-seeded Flipkens was ripe for the upset, as she was struggling with a knee-injury, and had only just scraped past #155-ranked Ajla Tomljanović 4-6 6-4 7-5 on Wednesday evening.
Magda duly obliged with one of the finest performances of her career that Ive seen at Birmingham: plenty of winners, big serves, volleys, dropshots, and sliced backhands to mess up Flipkenss rhythm.
The match was played in the humble setting of Court 1, which was an insult to both the top seed and the former champion, especially as the new Centre Court is so close that everything said by the umpire and the MC can be heard on the outside courts.
Magda does seem to be easily distracted by external noises. At one point, a spectator was talking loudly into his mobile phone; Magda stared at him, prompting the umpire to admonish him.
Magda broke serve in the opening game, and hence served for the first set at *5-4, but Flipkens found her best tennis of the match to break back, and then to earn five set-points on Magdas serve at *5-6. Magda saved all five with clean winners, despite the distraction of Sorana Cîrsteas on-court interview booming out across the outside courts as she prepared to face the fifth.
The noise from Centre Court appeared to annoy Magda more than Flipkens, and may have contributed to Magda going 0/4* down in the tiebreak. However, she won six points in a row to reach double set-point, and converted the second.
In the second set, Magda faced two break-points at *2-2 15/40, but saved them both with service-winners. She broke for *4-2 with a dropshot-winner from the baseline, held for 5-2* with four service-winners, and let an erratic Flipkens beat herself in the last game.
4. Quarter-final: Madison Keys
(Friday 14th June 2013)
+ MAGDALÉNA RYBÁRIKOVÁ [16,EF] d. Madison Keys, 6-3 6-0
Sadly, this match was moved to Court 3 after the tournament lost four hours of play to rain, but Magda had a nice, easy win against the young American, who was probably tired after two third-set tiebreaks earlier in the week, and couldnt handle Magdas unusual mixture of big serves, big forehands, sliced backhands, dropshots and net-play.
Magdas only hiccup came when she served for the first set at *5-2, and was distracted when the peg that attaches the bottom of the net to the centre-point of the court came undone. She dropped that service-game, but then won every game left in the match.
5. Semi-final: Donna Vekić
(Saturday 15th June 2013)
- MAGDALÉNA RYBÁRIKOVÁ [16,EF] lt. Donna Vekić [DF], 6-7 (5/7) 6-1 3-6
This was a very entertaining match with some great rallies, though it also had two rain-delays (at 0:0 *4-3 and 0:1 *5-1).
Vekić is the best 16-year-old that Ive seen in a decade probably since Maria Sharapova in 2003. She has a good serve and big groundstrokes, and also threw in a little bit of variety such as dropshots in this match.
I thought that Magda would unsettle Vekić with her unusual mixture of two-handed and sliced backhands, baseline-play and net-play, but most of the time, it seemed that Magda was trying to match Vekićs blistering pace with some of her own. Magdas sliced backhands did little to hurt Vekić, and although Magda did enjoy some success at the net, she struggled to handle the pace of Vekićs groundstrokes there at other times.
The first set was tight and well-contested; Magda made some crucial errors from 4/4* in the tiebreak.
The match turned on Vekićs service-game at 1:0 *0-1, where she squandered three game-points, served three double faults, and Magda broke after five deuces partly thanks to a backhand drop-volley winner.
Magda saved break-points at 0:1 *2-0 15/40 with a crosscourt forehand volley-winner and another crosscourt forehand winner, then stormed through the second set 6-1, hitting several winners as Vekić went off the boil.
At 1:1 0-0* 30/0*, they played an amazing rally in which Magda slipped, hit a forehand while she was still on her knees, but ended up netting a backhand volley. That was perhaps the turning-point, as Vekić came through a tough service-game of two deuces.
At 1:1 *2-3 30/40, they played another amazing rally, in which Vekić hit a testing down-the-line backhand pass off a forehand smash from Magda, who then picked off a marvellous forehand dropshot-winner.
It was all in vain, however, as Vekić still went on to break in that game, and, in due course, to serve for the match at 1:1 *5-3. Magda had a break-back point but hit a crosscourt forehand just wide, and, after two deuces, Vekić sealed victory with a crosscourt backhand winner onto the baseline.
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Chris Sherwin, head of sustainability at product design consultancy Seymour Powell, says: "Last year I sat in on a meeting with the CEO of a seriously large global engineering firm. His business strategy and sustainability strategy are pretty much one in the same. This is a huge €15billion business that has enormous impact across things like the packaging supply chain. The changes that these guys make have ripple effects down through the supply chain." While marketeers love the term sustainability many engineers are asking what it actually means and asking for it to be quantified. Really it is about taking a systems approach to design. And what that means is considering the through life impact and effects a product has from the so called cradle-to-grave or dust-to-dust, depending on what terminology you prefer. Many companies already assess the cradle-to-grave of products carrying out a life cycle assessment (LCA). Essentially this is what sustainable design encompasses. LCA's are becoming increasingly used by businesses to ascertain just what all the hidden environmental impacts are, and highlight inefficiencies. However, LCA tends to come after a product has been designed and tested, and production is underway. It is estimated that about 80% of a products carbon emissions are locked in at the design phase. Yet the information about this only becomes available when a change is difficult and costly to implement. "Doing it later is corrective," says Powell. "You have to go back and redesign a product that you got wrong in the first place. We should be moving this philosophy of systematic design out of the detailed design stages, out of this corrective based model, and into conceptual design." While the natural assumption is that this is all about environmental impact, and to a degree it does all harp back to it, it is about efficiency. Having an efficient design that can be made efficiently in an efficient supply chain that can be easily reused or recycled ultimately saves money, and that has to be good for any product and organisation. Design engineers have enormous power and opportunity here. Those early decisions lock in materials, which in turn locks in a supply chain, manufacturing processes, the way a facility is laid out, and the type of transportation needed. Design locks in environmental impact and embeds CO2. And it also locks in cost from production to materials to disposal. There is no doubt the motivation is there, however looking at products in this systematic way often throws up unforeseen impacts and seemingly counter intuitive results. What seems a 'no-brainer' turns out to have a dramatically negative impact. Sarah Krasley, sustainable manufacturing manager at Autodesk, says: "It is a vexing issue for many engineers who are trying to do the right thing to improve the environmental footprint of their products. They might use different materials or design in a different way but when you look at it from a whole systems perspective it is not quite as good as hoped." Examples of good intentions going wrong can be seen throughout industry. A high-profile example was NASA, which decided to replace a lead of solder with a tin solder. The change resulted in a satellite not performing as well. It had to be decommissioned and dealt with. The result was hundreds of thousands of dollars and tons waste. Legislation is also not always the best guide, or driver, either and can lead to a very narrow view. While a one set of criteria might be achieved, it is often done at the expense of others. Examples of this can be seen in the automotive industry which is reducing fuel consumption as a result of targets set around tailpipe emissions measured in g/km of CO2. Many adverts now quote this figure. As a result, hybrid motors and alternative materials are being sort. Aluminium is a popular choice for making car structures lighter but it is much more energy intensive to refine from virgin ores compared to steel. And that is the problem. The impact of manufacture and disposal can significantly offset any reduced tailpipe emissions. As a result, last year the World Steel Association called for a shift in the target that is driving automotive design from tailpipe emission to a LCA approach to give a truer picture of a vehicles environmental impact. Counting the cost "Even if you are not looking at this from an altruistic perspective, from a cost perspective you have got to deal with this stuff," says Krasley. "If you don't have a proactive strategy for better finding materials that are not impactful from a resource perspective, your cost of doing business is just going to go up." Many software vendors are partnering with material database companies to help bring this information forward. Autodesk has partnered with Granta Design to facilitate the use of a 'Materials Dashboard' to allow the comparison of a baseline with numerous others and see in graphical format the change in embedded energy, CO2, water and cost. This is about giving engineers information so they can experiment with different materials, simulate their performance and make their own tradeoffs earlier in the design process. Sustainable design is much broader than having good processes and material selection. A product has impacts in a lot of different ways and these are usually described in five or six stages. The first is material extraction. That is the impact of the raw material being removed from the ground. The next stage is material manufacturing. It might be the metal ingots and all the processing and machining; it could be epoxy resins and carbon fibres and the processes around those; or the refinement of oil and chemical mixing of a plastic compound. Asheen Phansey, sustainability product manager at Solidworks, says: "All this happens before a designer even creates anything in the CAD department. If you extrude just a simple block of aluminium and you take that to production it has got that entire environmental burden associated with it already." Solidworks has partnered with PE International to also offer a materials 'dashboard' that shows the embedded carbon, energy, air and water in separate pie charts that break down the embodiment in to material, transport and use, manufacturing, and end of life. This shows comparison with a baseline and allows users to run simulations with different materials to assesss if the mechanical properties are good enough. 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Date-Jitoku, a fine waka poet,wanted to master Zen.With this in mindhe made an appointmentto see Ekkei,Abbot of Shokokuji in Kyoto.
Jitoku went to the master full of hopes,but as soon as he entered the roomhe received a whack.
He was astonished and mortified:no one had ever dared to strike him before,but as it is a strict Zen rulenever to say or do anythingunless asked by the master,he withdrew silently.
He went at once to Dokuon,who was to succeed Ekkei as abbotand told him that he plannedto challenge Ekkei to a duel.
"Can't you seethat the master was being kind to you?"said Dokuon. "Exert yourself in Zazenand you will see for yourselfwhat his treatment of you means."
For three days and nightsJitoku engaged in desperate contemplation,then, suddenly, he experienced an ecstatic awakening.This satori was approved by Ekkei.
Jitoku called on Dokuonand thanked him for his advice, saying:"If it hadn't been for your wisdomI would not have had such a transfiguring experience.And as for the master,his blow was far from hard enough."
There are a thousand and one poisons, but nothing like idealism - it is the most poisonous of all poisons. Of course, the most subtle: it kills you, but kills you in such a way that you never become aware of it. It kills you with a style. The ways of idealism are very cunning. Rarely a person becomes aware that he has been committing suicide through it. Once you become aware, you become religious.
Religion is not any ideology. Religion does not believe in any ideals. Religion is to become aware of the impossibility of idealism - of all idealism. Religion is to live here and now, and idealism goes on conditioning your mind to live somewhere else. And only the now exists. There is no other way to live.
The only way is to be here. You cannot be there. The tomorrow is non-existent, it never comes, and idealism believes in the tomorrow. It sacrifices the today at the altar of the tomorrow. It goes on saying to you, "Do something - improve yourself. Do something - change yourself. Do something - become perfect." It appeals to the ego.
Idealism belongs to the world of the ego. It appeals to the ego that you can be more perfect than you are; in fact you should be more perfect than you are. But each moment is perfect, and it cannot be more perfect than it is.
To understand this is the beginning of a new life, is the beginning of life. To miss this is to commit suicide.


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BAKER - Police arrested a Baker Middle School teacher after a parent complained the teacher "yanked" her son by his shirt Thursday.
Chief Mike Knaps said officers charged Deborah Anderson, 47, with simple battery.
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On some other Music store web sites you can addition a 15 to 30 second clip of a song before buying? Is there a call in the Nokia Music API to do something similar?
-- roschler
On some other Music store web sites you can addition a 15 to 30 second clip of a song before buying? Is there a call in the Nokia Music API to do something similar?
-- roschler
Hi Roschler,
good question, yes we have sample clips and the next release of the API (v2.0) in a week or so will include the ability to play them.
Need a beta tester? I'm working on a "Name That Tune" game using the API. That's why I want that feature.
-- roschler
Thanks Roschler - it won't be too much longer!
What service can I monitor to know the instant it is available? (Blog, Nokia Twitter handle, etc.)
-- roschler
The API goes to http://nokia.ly/wpmusicapi and http://nokia.ly/musicnuget and I'll certainly tweet it - https://twitter.com/sr_gb/
Sorry, I forgot to update here and contacted roschler on Twitter, I released the API a few days after the discussion as planned.
Their is in the API a way to get the Sample Track's URI by using the MusicClient ..
Uri uri = client.GetTrackSampleUri(ID_OF_MUSIC_TRACK);
Now what to do with the returned URI is a whole nother mystery as I am unsure what the returned data is .. Possibly gzip'd compressed stream of the sample? Nokia Dev's would likely know more about ..
I have tried to use a MediaElement and set the URI as the source but alas it always fails with a 3001 error.
Last edited by k00ksta; 2013-08-05 at 20:27.
The URI is to an MP3 file that you can give to a MediaElement - take a look at the AlbumPage in the test app: https://github.com/nokia-entertainme...sicApiTestApp/
For the media to play, I have this media element in xaml:
<MediaElement x:Name="Player" AutoPlay="True" />
...and this to play:
internal void PlayClip(string id)
if (this.Player.CurrentState != System.Windows.Media.MediaElementState.Playing)
this.Player.Source = App.ApiClient.GetTrackSampleUri(id);
Ok a couple more questions here .. One document says to go to https://account.music.nokia.com which gives you a "client id" not an app id. Another document says to go to https://api.developer.nokia.com which gives you an "app id" so which do I go to .. It still seems to allow me to query the nokia music service as I do return songs/ids and the track sample URI for instance "http://api.ent.nokia.com/1.x/us/products/473592/sample/?domain=music&app_id=__AppID From api.developer.nokia.com__" which then I set as my Media Elements Source and fire off the Play to only receive on the Media Elements Failed event a "3100 An error has occurred."
So I am lost here .. what exactly is a 3100 error?
OK, you've caught us in mid transition with our app registration, so sorry for the confusion, but fundamentally, app_id == client_id as you've found - if you could let me know where the link to https://api.developer.nokia.com is I can fix that.
Did you have the AutoPlay="True" set as suggested?
I am looking to play a Track's Sample URI returned to me from my MusicClient request of the Top song's with no success
Nothing exciting here .. just enumerating the results from the music client's response and storing them in my view model for databinding in a long list selector on a XAML page.Code:// Init the client MusicClient client = new MusicClient(clientID); // Grab the responses async var responses = await client.GetTopArtistsAsync(); // Loop thru and build our model for databinding foreach (var v in responses) { ArtistModel model = new ArtistModel(); model.SampleUri = client.GetTrackSampleUri(v.Id); // Add them to my view model for my XAML page Items.Add(model); }
Now I have on the page created a MediaElement and when they click on one of the databound results returned from the MusicClient I do the following
The media element returns a error code of 3100 ..Code:// Set the source for our media element mediaElement.Source = model.SampleUri; // play the content at said URI location on the internet mediaElement.Play();
How else are we supposed to treat these returned URI's? Are they g-zip'd .. is it just a data stream I should be using WebClient to pack into a stream and use XNA's media player to play it? ..
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Aftermaths and Consequences
Gwynnyd - 14 Feb 07 - 11:47 AM
I tried to work in a lot of different ways that this scenario could be read. Sweet, cynical, opportunistic, high-romance...
Aftermaths and Consequences
Lissa - 12 May 08 - 12:00 PM
don't think I commented on this piece before. Better late than never:
It all seems so very realistic to me, this proud woman striking a deal so as to avoid living on her cousin's charity; the rules of inheritance that will leave land only to the male line; the once so strong mason now handicapped due to helping defend his city - and all of it so well described.
Gwynnyd, this is not even fiction, I'm sure it was hard reality for many women after many wars.
To put it short: Great ficlet!
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Distance and Direction
Great putting combines two skills – practice both. Lag putt to tees placed 30, 40 and 50 feet away. Success is three putts within a driver's length of each tee. Use the Circle Drill for short putts. Start with 10 balls in a circle, three feet from the hole. Later, move the circle out to your driver's length. Drill a "pop" stroke at this distance. Place your weight on the balls of your feet and stay in posture – don't come out early to sneak a peek.
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Following address, remove left hand and place on right shoulder or belt buckle. Palm of right hand now mirrors the putter face. This drill creates a consistent stroke as right palm, forearm and shoulder must move together along the intended line of the putt.
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Make a gate with two tees at the ball, just wide enough for your putter head to swing through. Combined together, these two drills promote a square putter face at impact and a path that's spot on your intended line.
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Paleo Creamy Chicken Mushroom & Roasted Cauliflower Soup
I came across a recipe recently that looked absolutely delicious but, unfortunately, it contained quite a few ingredients that didn't fit a Paleo diet. It looked easy enough to adapt, so that's exactly what I did! I immediately knew I would like this soup, but honestly I was a bit afraid of what my husband and kids would think. I couldn't believe it when they scarfed it down and then verbalized how much they enjoyed the meal. Music to a mom's ears! There's something about the richness of the coconut cream and boldness of the roasted cauliflower and mushrooms that's extremely satisfying. Plus, adding the shredded chicken adds a heartiness that keeps you full for hours, and that's always a good thing when you have growing boys to feed!
Paleo Creamy Chicken Mushroom & Roasted Cauliflower Soup
Christine @ onceamonthmeals.com (Adapted from Closet Cooking)
- 3 cups cauliflower florets
- 2 Tablespoons coconut oil #1, melted
- salt & pepper, to taste
- 1 Tablespoon coconut oil #2
- 4 cups leeks, thinly sliced (white and green portions divided)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 cups mushrooms, sliced
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 3 1/4 cups chicken broth, preferably homemade
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 2 cups chicken, cooked and shredded
Preheat oven to 400F. Coat cauliflower florets in coconut oil #1 and sprinkle with salt. Arrange in a single layer on a large baking sheet and roast 20-30 minutes, or until golden brown. Heat coconut oil #2 in a large saucepan over medium heat and add white portion of the leeks, garlic, mushrooms and thyme. Saute about 10 minutes, or until vegetables are tender. Add green portion of the leeks and saute until tender, about 5 minutes. Mix in chicken stock, and roasted cauliflower, and coconut milk. Bring to a boil and stir occasionally. Use an immersion blender or pour into a blender to puree soup 1 cup at a time in a blender. Stir in cooked shredded chicken, return to a boil and then remove from heat.
Freezing Directions:
Let cool. Divide and place into indicated number of freezer bags and label. Lay flat to freeze. To serve: Thaw. Pour into pan to reheat on stove or pour into microwave safe bowl and cook for 2 minutes.
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Hmm…delicious flavor but it didn't look anything like yours. It was more like the original adapted recipe. What did I do wrong ? :(
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Are you missing a step here? Did you bring the soup to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes before blending?
Cooked Chicken, mushrooms and cauliflower …three seemingly random items in my fridge right now. Thanks for a great idea for dinner tomorrow!
I just made this and used my Vitamix to blend and it ended up more like cream of chicken soup. Tastes good, had to add a bit more spice, but wondering what blender you used? The Vitamix is too powerful for some things.
I just made this, it was amazing!
The last day or two I've been craving a good soup and I stumbled upon this and it just hit the spot perfectly.
Ingredients wise I followed everything exactly as you have it here but I don't have an immersion blender so I just used a normal blender and did it 1 cup at a time like you suggested.
It was beautiful!
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This is easily one of the best tasting soups I have ever made! My girlfriend came over and ate it with me- she doesn't like cauliflower, but had no idea it was even in there. She thought I had made it with rice
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Wow! This soup tasted great. I did change the recipe a bit to suit my palate. I used olive oil and rice milk; added a few more mushrooms. Thanks for adapting the recipe for a dairy/GF diet. :)
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I am not a fan of coconut milk, I really dislike the taste of coconuts. I have made turban squash soup in the past and left out the coconut milk, add extra broth instead. My question is, can you taste the coconut milk in this soup?
Delicious, only change I made was to add a bit of EVOO to my cauliflower roasting pan. I will make this again.
Hi there! I'm hosting a soups and comfort foods dinner party in a few weeks and am looking to make this soup. How do you prepare the chicken? Thanks!
I just made this for my hubs and I, as we're working our way towards a paleo-centric diet. This recipe is absolutely one of the best I've found yet! I've been looking for healthy recipes I can make in bulk and freeze for quick meals on the go and this is it. I didn't have leeks so I used a whole yellow onion, and for your readers, 3 cups of cauliflower is equal to just over 1/2 a larger head. Thanks again!
Anyone know how much this makes? 4 servings of… what size? I don't see it listed. Thanks!
Love this soup. I did make some changes like using butter and cream instead of the coconut oil and milk as I love the taste, plus used cauliflower rice. Sometimes I add some siracha sauce to spice it up a bit.


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Jan 12th 2010 5:42PM I bought this book for a friend as a Christmas present (he plays WoW and studies Maths and Philsophy) he just lent it to me and it's a great book. It has a really broad range of topics and I'd recommend it for any intelligent WoW player.
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I agree with some of what you said but certain parts of your argument situated within America i think were incorrect.
First the idea that the response to 9/11 has been we werent meek enough is laughable. Have you seen the news lately??? If anything the religious sector of society has painted us as victims attacked because of our /uber/only true religion/greatest nation on earth/only free country /city upon a hillness. The response has definitely been we werent meek enough, there are many in the uber religious far right who now think all Muslims should/must be killed/converted. Not a day goes by that some leader doesnt say something to the effect that god supports war on terror/Muslims. I think you get into real big trouble when you associate Christianity with liberalism.
Christianity has launched just as many wars and selfish actions as any Nietzsche follower and any other religion combined. The idea that you can associate it with some kind of broad, tolerant, human first pacifist liberalism is where you begin to go wrong. The tolerant sectors of American society has typically been the least religious.
Secondly your ideas about the secret successes 300 are somewhat correct but not because of some re-understanding or desire to re-understand nature on the part of Americans.
(This will step on some toes.)
300 is a success because it is Caucasian American western world fantasy precisely at the time when it seems the western world is headed into conflict with a rising hostile east. It adheres to a more stark worldview where the other is to be killed not tolerated and dealed with. This is the world of older more fundamental Christianity and it is making a return.( Before 9/11 the Pc police wouldnt have allowed generals to say they think god was for war with Muslims.)
300's success is based on a nexus of:
**fundamentalism and ideas of religious strife in the wake of 9/11
**backlash against pc police and the perceived threat to America of multiculturalism. Fears that soon wasp and wasp values will not make up a dominate proportion of U.S. Notice the big issue of illegal immigrants. The idea that the "core" of America is under attack.
***A fear that America's ability to act unmolested and unaccountable for our actions may be over and that we are actually part of a global community in which we have to work with and fear the powers of the "other".
It depicts a nation built on slavery, using rhetoric such as "freedom" and "democracy" to kick the sh%^ out of all it challenges the die bravely while retaining moral superiority. It even offers a feel good speech about freedom and choice at the end which has the effect of making one feel good about what it portrays.
In short its not because this movie portrays a more accurate picture of the tools needed to survive that it succeeded. It's because the movie cowardly runs away from real world politics and situations.
dont know why i had to post it seperate but the forums wouldnt let me post all at once. been having problems for two days now.
Given your feelings, then perhaps you are fascinated by the Space Marines or their ilk because you fear they may be right in their approach to life, in the 'what if this was how things really work sense.' In some ways, then, your reading of those books would be more like reading horror: we like to be scared. Could be as simple as that.
Couldn't disagree more. I will say that as a species we are no where near being able to behave in such a tolerant fashion. World events give lie to that hope no matter on which continent you look, and no matter the skin color/religion/politics of the people involved. The world is brutal. Also, I think it's a complete fallacy that liberalism, as you've somewhat defined it, is the great ideal that many people outside of the West aspire to. It isn't necessarily so. Many people want nothing to do with what they think of as a gross and obscene culture, focused on sex, guilt, confusion, and self-flaggelation. Some would take that antipathy to extreme lengths and want to either defeat our culture with something they think of as superior (their own), or destroy our culture because our culture is the one of least resistance, and they want nothing of that to leak into their own cultures.Quote:
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Where did he comment on 9/11? I saw something about a meek response, but that doesn't have to be about 9/11. That could just as easily have been about Pearl Harbor, or some other attack by any other country on another. The rest of the paragraph...which broad based leader(s) are advocating mass conversion of Muslims? If they are far right, do they have any appeal beyond a narrow sector? There are also far Leftists that would advocate that any who engage in animal research should be tried and hung for murder.
No it has not. The more accurate statement would be: "Despite their professed peaceful nature, many wars have been started by avowed Christians." Of course, this just means that Christians are just as human as everyone else, and just as prone to evil. It doesn't mean that Christians, especially European ones, are more prone to barbarity and war than other people: just that they've been more successful in the past 500 years at conquering.Quote:
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Youre right he didnt outright say 9/11. but pearl harbor or some other attack on a country by another does not fit the definition of terrorism. country on country would be an act of war ie pearl harbor.........
I did read 9/11 into it but any act of terrorism commited against the "West" works just as well. I still stand by my point when has the "Western/christian" ideals which the post described reacted to acts of agression with the idea that we werent meek enough?? Pearl harbor i think not.
Also yes the people advocating mass conversion and islamophobia in america are quite mainstream. For further proof of this you can check out Colin Powell statements on meet the press yesterday. I have heard this said on National Tv by pastors, generals, commentators etc... I hardly think these people constitute a narrow sector.
Are you really trying to tell me that the idea that Islamophobia and the idea that Christianity and Islam cannot coincide are fringe unnaccepted views in America. PLz...
As for the last part youre really nitpicking and taking my point out of context there. The discussion was about fundamentalism if i remember correctly. So here ya go
Christian fundamentalist have launched just as many wars and selfish acts as any Nietzsche follower or any other religion. Also the point wasnt about the number of wars or to state that anyone was more prone to barbarism or war. If you read the rest of what i wrote i dont see how you got that idea.
The point was that you cannot equate the rise of christianity or its supposed followers to ideals of liberalism, humanism and the general meekness which Thor seems to lament in his post. These are two seperate ideas/schools of thought and for much of thier shared history they have been in opposition to each other. You took that wayyyyy out of context
Well, Thor did add a (what have you), so other kinds of violence can be filled in. To your question of meekness: Spain when it was railway-bombed. I read that section as Thor alluding to the certain strain of "why do they hate us-ism" that seems to be prevalent.
Bro, plz... I made no claims in that regard. I asked a question. I still haven't heard the name(s) of one mainstream figure who is advocating mass conversion of Muslims. I seem to recall that general though I can't find his exact quote saying something like that. I suppose such people are present, but in what context do they make their advocacy? As formal U.S. government policy? Or through missionary work? There's a big diff b/n the two. Just to keep things clear, I'm asking again, not stating as fact that they do one or the other. As for Colin Powell: didn't he have something definitive to say about weapons of mass destruction?;) You're probably right about the mainstream accepted view that Islam and Christianity can't co-exist. However, is such thought unique to the West? Doubtful.Quote:
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Well, perhaps I was nitpicking. And after re-reading your posts, I got your second point mixed in with your first. But come on, bro, 300? Geopolitical? Cowardly? That was just a movie about some unnaturally ripped dudes kicking ass (the donkey kind, mods, not the curse word). If it was cowardly and not deep enough, then you went into it with expectations that were way too high. Why was it successful? Probably because it let you turn your brain off for two hours and fantasize about laying some serious whoopin on the totally unrighteous. Nothing wrong about that. Just don't try it in real life. I just don't buy the whole "geopolitical dimensions-moral-philosophical angle of its appeal that you and Thor seem to be laying on it.Quote:
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Straying waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off topic. Hope someone can get us back.
Sry Dont want to come off as an over analytical a%%hole so let me say that for me this has been an interesting/fun conversation all around.
Ok I will concede on the first part a little as I maybe was to quick to read 9/11. My point still stands that the standard Western/Christian response to agrresion/terrorism is not we were not meek enough. Do you diasgree?
However you are right About the why do they hate us sentiment so if thats what thor meant i misread it. I also must point out that why do that hate us-ism probably has less to do with christianity and/or liberalism and more to do with an hugely overblown sense of Nationalism/jingoism we dont apolgize greatest nation on earthism and all that jazz that a lot of americans accept without question.
Well I would like to argue that you can dispute 300's sucess as nothing more than a good action flick cause i can think of a lot better ones that did not do so good recentlyy.
(of course i do realize that we have entered the realm of specualtion here)
I definetly think the context of brave white/western male standing up to the outsider in the name of freedom/ justice and all that was right was defintely some of the underlying sucess of this movie.
I will admit though that at the time I saw it I was at A Southern Military College in S.c (yeah...thats about as far right as you can get lol) and I know this played a role in the students there so maybe I am SLIGHTLY overattributing its sucess to these factors.
as for Colin Powell he lied for bush and there are books and the film W to aupport this fact. So while we can question his integrity his grasp on whats going on i think is unquestionable. He tried several times to dissuade bush from his war.
Sry I cant provide any specific examples of advocating mass conversion killing/holy war on terror, but the islamophobia is undisputable. Americans speak in Code words when they discuss subjects such as this. As for as names go i think you were referring to....
Lieutenant General William G. Boykin (Retired) was the United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence retired in 2007 served in Iraq
He has gained notoriety for his Christian Fundamentalist views over the last few years and some unprofessional public remarks. Boykin is a born-again Christian, who has cast the "War on Terror" in apocalyptic terms. A Pentagon investigation concluded in 2004 that he had violated regulations by failing to explain these remarks were not made in an official capacity
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Giuliani was also hurt when the co-chair of his veterans' campaign in
New Hampshire, John Deady praised Giuliani for being able to stop "the
rise of the Muslims," an effort necessary to continue, he said, until
"we defeat them or chase them back to their caves, or, in other words,
get rid of them." When asked if he was really condemning all members
of the religion, Deady replied, "I don't subscribe to the principle
that there are good Muslims and bad Muslims. They're all Muslims."
Deady was forced to resign after a video of his remarks was put on the
web by the Guardian
All they want to trade is burqas...
" The senator seemed to be relating the Muslim custom of veiling to
terrorism. The Detroit Free Press, whose city has one of the largest
Muslim populations, reported on Jan. 12 that McCain's remarks were
hurtful to American Muslims. "Local Muslims say that criticizing al-
Qaida is legitimate, but wonder why he would make a snide remark about
a dress?
Michael Blake, an Iraq veteran explained that the military indoctinated troops with the idea "Islam is Evil" and "they hate us." This attitude facilitated the abuse and killing of civilians, and was not just 'a few bad apples'. (There are around 2000 unreleased torture images). "Most of the guys I was with believed it", he added. Maj. Gen. Charles Swannack, a former 82nd Airborne commander insisted that responsibility for such abuses ultimately lead "directly back to Secretary Rumsfeld," as an architect of the torture policy.
Okay, interesting conversation, but if we could bring it back just a tad toward the fantasy fiction, that might be good. :)
I don't think 9/11 or Iraq had much to do with the success of 300. I think it was the scenery chomping, the special effects look of the movie and other aspects that mattered more. Not that I'm saying the story wasn't complex.
But if you look at it, it's about a group of men who willingly go off to their deaths, and with the knowledge that even that sacrifice might fail. This is an interesting situation. And this might be the sort of thing that kged finds interesting and is grappling with why he's interested. For me, there are certain circumstances where I would go willingly to my death, so it's not such a big disconnect, such characters, even though their philosophies are very different from mine. But I can understand them, I can even admire aspects of their views, without necessarily wanting to be them. It certainly doesn't indicate a deficiency in one's psyche, to have a comprehension of another's thinking. But you do have to be careful not to reduce that other thinking to simple black and white precepts, I think.
Been meaning to post here for awhile now, but it's been busy for me last few weeks and the evolving discussion's meant I had to modify and extend my response.
It's hard to stay on purely fictional grounds when by its very nature all the best fiction and fantasy fiction (which are only degrees of the same thing, since all fiction is by definition fantasy) deal with the big issues of the era that produced it.
Fanatical fantasy has been part of the various zeitgeists for well ever, and often people weren't able to tell it from their real lives. Just look at The Song of Roland. Almost pure fantasy, but the peasantry believed it was a historical account. It was the Iliad of its day.
There's a nasty tendency among humans to enjoy romanticized fanatics and totalitarians and despise their unromanticized counterparts as evil. It's a holdover from a time, not too long ago, wherein every society was by definition a totalitarian society.
Too many people just don't seem able to live with freedom, which is why they choose to live in a totalitarian in-group of one kind or another. The beauty of the West, however, is that you can choose to enter or leave such in-groups. They might put psychological pressure on you and try to insulate you from other ideas, but they can't legally compel you with force or execute you for leaving (not unless the sharia law advocates have their way in Europe).
Indeed, some of history's worst offenders have had to water down their doctrines or stop enforcing them in the interest of keeping their adherents.
The problem is that this tends to generate passivity, but the liberal worldview is just that: a worldview. That means it's an artificial mental construct that needs to be actively and deliberately instilled even in the face of competing totalitarian memos that are following a collective will to power by seeking to maintain their integrity and expand.
For more insight, I'd recommend "The Suicide of Reason" by Lee Harris, "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and "While Europe Slept" by Bawer.
Regarding Thor, I think he's right on the money in most cases, but I'd make a proviso there: the Nietzscheian supermen he mentions weren't acting in spite of Christianity, they deliberately worked to spread it in the interest of advancing the power structure where they reigned supreme and in crippling any other Nietzscheians who might rise to challenge them.
Sure, they had to play along in order to stay in power, but not as much as one might think, considering ideas like the elect and the divine rights of kings.
The problem arises when someone who actually believes this stuff gains power and honestly thinks that homosexuality leads to earthquakes and tidal waves and that a nuclear apocalypse will lead to a new and better world. Talk about Song of Roland, these people are living in a fantasy world!
And I loved 300. Especially that final line: "Today we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny and usher in a brighter future."
That, and the emphasis on people using their reason (and having the courage of their convictions and the willingness to fight for what you believe in) declares the spirit of the movie.
Vote Kellhus in '08!
P.S. I'm being ironic about the Kellhus endorsement, in case you're wondering.
Why choose the lesser of two evils?
Vote Kellhus in '08!
The Movie is a joke and a huge offense to me in many ways. To me it's right up there beside birth of a nation. Pure historical Propaganda.
Thor was right on the money in what way??
Of course 300's not historically accurate. Spartan society was a facist one that emphasised total devotion to the state and the whole purpose of their warrior cult was to keep control of the helots (is that spelled right? Too lazy to check) and the Persians were comparitively more egalitarian to their subjects, but to enjoy the theme I regulate it to a sort of alternate universe historical fantasy.
Thor was right in his implication that history is made by those with the courage and the will to fight for what they believe in.
Vote Kellhus in '08! (or come up with something better)
Just to clarify my position: if someone made a movie where the theme was: the country's become decadant and unholy and we can't trust our own reason, let's set up a nation that'll do the Lord's work, where people grovel to the gods and priests, forbid anything that's counter to our ideology and view every other nation or (possibly) race as evil, then I would despise it no matter what historical event they tied it to or how good the special effects were.
For example: I hated The Village. It was a well-made movie with a lot of good moments, but I hated its implication that society has to be kept in a state of superstitious fear and primitivism in the interest keeping everyone docile and happy. It was the last Shyamalan movie Ill ever see.
Note: I don't demand that the movie be banned and I won't organize boycotts. I simply choose not to watch it and I will explain to others why I find fault with it.
Vote Kellhus in 08!
I found "Idiocracy" far more disturbing about what the future has in store for us than "The Village" :eek:


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By: Sarah Ryan, YPC Leadership Board
I was perusing my news feed on Facebook this morning (Oct.1) and came across this message from Advocates for Agriculture: "CMT started off today with an insulting tweet, asking people if they can go meat-free today for World Vegetarian Day. They may play country music but they obviously don't understand much of anything about what happens out in the country."
Time for an admission, I haven't joined Twitter. But, I did follow the link provided by Advocates for Agriculture to CMT's tweet and was impressed by how quickly the meat raising agriculture community started to tweet back. Among the tweets was a call to boycott CMT. Can't say I disagree… but I'd have to start watching so I could quit.
I am most impressed by the constant message that 1. CMT should be supportive of ranching families and eating meat and 2. constant positive messaging that eating meat is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Obviously this exemplifies again that programs like MBA are working! I'm really proud that agriculture has come so far (joining social media, etc.) and is ready with positive messages to promote our way of life.
Finally, I'm disappointed that companies, like CMT, have decided to promote one lifestyle choice over another. As one person tweeted, (in my words) wouldn't CMT's tweet have been better spent talking about today as the start of pink month and awareness than promoting a meat-free diet…
How do you react to these types of messages? Do you boycott any company that promotes meat-free days, especially meatless Mondays?


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1957→1959 Aston Martin DB MkIII
In 1959, Aston Martin lauched the ultimate version of the DB2 known as the MkIII. It was the first prodcution car to use the new refined grill shape that would come to define the face of Aston Martin.
Not limited to styling upgrades the engine was reworked by Tadek Marek to produce 178 bhp which was 16 more than its DB2/4 predecessor. Furthermore the brakes were upgraded to include front discs with rear aluminum alfoin drums.
In 1958, Aston quietly announced a new DBB-specification engine with triple Weber carburetors, higher-compression pistons and a new exhaust which raised horsepower to 195 bhp. This was only ordered on 10 of the 511 Mark III cars produced.
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1957 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mark III Saloon - sold for €134,400
This DB2/4 Mark III Saloon is a very early example indeed. It is only the ninth car built and one of the very first left-hand drive examples, delivered new to La Vesdre SA, a Belgian cotton company. First registered in the UK, it remained in the same ownership from 1986 to 2002 until it was acquired by the vendor, a veteran car enthusiast. Since then, it has been sympathetically restored, and while the car left the factory in Chinese White and... more
Gallery: 2010 RM Auctions Sporting Classics of Monaco
1958 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk III AM300/3/1615 - sold for €133,983
The example on offer here was manufactured in 1958, with a copy of the original factory build sheet indicating it was originally sold to Lord Hugh Russell of Market Harborough.
Later in its life the car is known to have resided in Maine, USA. In 2009, the car underwent an exhaustive restoration process, totaling some £40,000, with most of these invoices coming from Aston Martin specialists Aston Service Dorset.
Amongst these works undert... more
Gallery: Coy's 2010 Legende et Passion Auction
1958 Aston Martin DB MkIII - sold for €117,960
Originally finished in Deep Carriage Green, chassis number '1532' was first registered 'NNL 5' and delivered new in May 1958 to Dr E Babst, of Wallsend-on-Tyne. Over the next 20-plus years it was owned by Dr Babst, a Dr Reid and a Dr Hamilton, before passing to Mr Gervase Hulbert in 1981. In 1984 the Aston was acquired by Nicholas Masheter and in March 1992 was reregistered 'JSK 142', passing to the current owner in December 1995.
In August 2... more
Gallery: 2010 Collectors' Motor Cars at Goodwood Revival by Bonhams
1957 Aston Martin DB Mark III Coupé AM300/3/1310 - sold for €236,850
This Mark III is highly documented from new. While it was thought that Mark IIIs were not exported to France until May 1957, a copy of the original build sheet confirms that this car was delivered to the main Aston Martin dealer in Paris, Garage Mirabeau, and delivered to its first owner, Mr. M. Firino-Martell of Cognac, on 12 April, 1957. This original left-hand drive example was specified with front disc brakes, twin exhaust and exceptionall... more
Gallery: 2010 Automobiles of London by RM Auctions
1959 Aston Martin DB Mark III Saloon AM/300/3/1564 - sold for $176,000
Rare and Desirable Aston Martin. Highly Developed, Late-Production Mark III. One-Owner Car for 51Years
Left-Hand-Drive, Matching-Numbers Car. Beautifully Preserved Original Interior. Approximately 51,000 Documented Miles From New. Wonderful Character and Patina. Perfect Candidate for Vintage Rallies and AMOC Events.
All told, only 462 Mark III Saloons were constructed, and fewer than half were left-hand-drive versions, making them one of ... more
Gallery: 2011 Scottsdale Auction by Gooding & Company
1958 Aston Martin DB MK II AM300/3/1502 - sold for €95,531
Chassis number '1502' was delivered new to one W J F Tillyard as a standard car but was returned by him to the factory to be fitted with Weber carburettors, an overdrive gearbox and twin exhausts. The car competed regularly in 1958 driven by its owner and G Lightblown at events that included the David Brown Trophy Meeting, Silverstone on 17th May; St John Horsfall Meeting, Silverstone on 12th July; and the Bentley Drivers Club, Silverstone on ... more
Gallery: 2011 Salon Rétromobile Aucion by Artcurial
1958 Aston Martin DB MK III AM300/3/1696 - sold for €109,684
The penultimate owner purchased the car in 1974 and kept it for the next 34 years, covering approximately 20,000 miles. Recorded mileage in 1974 was approximately 59,000, so there is good reason to believe that the current total of 79,697 is true. The car was extensively restored from 1980 to 1994 and carefully stored from 1996 to late 2007. During those eleven years it formed part of a collection of cars, three of which were Aston Martins, an... more
Gallery: 2011 Salon Rétromobile Aucion by Artcurial
1958 Aston Martin DB Mark III Saloon AM300/3/1727 - sold for $214,500
Rare and Sought-After, Late-Production Mark III. Left-Hand Drive, Matching-Numbers Example. Long-Time California Car. Originally Equipped with Overdrive. Lovely Pacific Blue over Grey Color Combination. Eligible for Vintage Rallies, Shows and AMOC Events. Offered with BMI Heritage Trust Certificate.
Gallery: 2011 Amelia Island Auction by Gooding & Company
1959 Aston Martin DB MKIII Saloon - sold for $148,500
This left-hand drive 1959 DB MKIII is an original California car and has been in its current ownership since 1969. Finished in eye-catching medium British Racing Green, the MKIII underwent an extensive long-term restoration by its talented engineer owner. Every nut and bolt was removed and renewed or replaced to correct specification. It should also be noted that during disassembly all body sections and ancillary parts were verified to have th... more
Gallery: 2011 Amelia Island Auction by RM Auctions
1959 Aston Martin DB Mark III Coupé AM300/3/1721 - sold for €102,323
According to a copy of its original build sheet, this original left-hand drive example from 1959 was factory-equipped with a hydraulic brake booster, fully chromed road wheels, polished Alfin rear brake drums and a locking glove compartment lid. It was delivered new via Charles Hornburg to its first owner, Mr. G.A. Irving, of South Gate, California. Today, it retains the matching-numbers engine, numbered DBA/1336, and performance is enhanced b... more
Gallery: 2011 Salon Privé Auction by RM
1958 Aston Martin DB Mark III AM 300/3/1333 - sold for $209,000
Factory Left-Hand-Drive, Matching-Numbers Example. A Rare and Desirable Aston Martin. Single Ownership for Over 30 Years. Recent Restoration Work. Accompanied by a Copy of the Factory Build Sheet, Owner's Manual and Tools.
Gallery: 2012 Pebble Beach Auctions by Gooding & Company
1958 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk III AM300/3/1395 - sold for $440,000
Factory left-hand drive, matching numbers. Long-time California car freshly restored by marque specialists. Prepared for show or perfect for road rallies. Includes factory build sheet, tools, and rare owner's handbook.
Gallery: 2013 Monterey Auction by RM Auctions
1957 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk III AM300/3A/1358 - sold for €207,200
From a prominent European collection. Delivered new in France with desirable front disc brakes. Matching numbers and original colours. Well-restored, carefully maintained, and rallied. Accompanied by FIVA papers and an Aston Martin build sheet. Eligible for the Mille Miglia.
Gallery: 2014 Paris by RM Auctions
1958 Aston Martin DB Mk III Drophead Coupe AM300/3/1402 - sold for $1,012,000
One of Only 84 DB Mk III Drophead Coupes Built. Exceptionally Rare Factory Left-Hand-Drive, Disc-Brake Example. 2001 Concours-Quality Restoration by Marque Expert Kevin Kay. Offered with Books, Tools, and Restoration Records. Ideal for Tours, Rallies, and Concours Events.
Gallery: 2014 Pebble Beach Auctions by Gooding & Company


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Someone in Miami Keeps Putting Gold and Jewelry in Salvation Army Buckets
Four years ago someone handed a Salvation Army bell ringer a gold nugget worth up to $4,000. The next year a gold and diamond ring popped up in one of the buckets. Last year ten $100 bills were found with Bible passages affixed. This year another gold and diamond ring worth about $3,500 was found in a bucket outside of a Pinecrest Publix. via NBCMiami
According to NBC Miami, each year a woman called up the Salvation Army to inform them that something of value had been dropped off in the buckets. Apparently we've got a serial good Samaritan in Miami here on the loose with lots of old jewelry to give away.
This year's ring was found wrapped inside yellow notepad paper. "Continue your good caring for the needy in God's name," was written on the paper.
The original diamond ring was found at a nearby K-Mart, also in Pincrest and included a handwritten message along with a $50 bill. The gold nugget was found at a Publix in Coral Gables, and the $100 bills with bible verses were discovered in various buckets around the county.
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The star fought off competition from Warren Beatty, Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte and Robin Williams to win the Best Actor Oscar for his grizzly role in Silence of the Lambs.
Hopkins admits he was stunned by the award, especially after realising his win fell on the same date of his father Richard's passing 10 years earlier.
He tells Piers Morgan Tonight, "I enjoyed getting the Oscar. I enjoyed that. I didn't think I was going to get it. And then, when Kathy Bates came onstage, I thought, 'I think I've got this'. I don't know why. When she called my name, I thought, 'Oh, now I can make some bad movies...' and I got up and I don't remember much about it.
"I still remember the Oscar was there on that glass-topped table, and I thought, 'What happened?' And that was it. I'd been thinking of my father, because he died 10 years previous, on that very night. And that came to my thought just then and I'd forgotten the date that he died and that's the night.
"I thought, 'My father, he died 10 years ago tonight. I wonder if he's around somewhere?'
"It was quite extraordinary. He was somebody who influenced me very deeply, my father. I think he would have been proud of that moment."


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